‘To attract top talent, increase pay for high ranking public staff ’Commission hears remuneration for most State employees remains very attractiveTue Dec 13 2016 - 07:04
HSE warns €14bn budget for 2017 may not be enoughService Plan will outline risks to the delivery of health services, including new drug costsTue Dec 13 2016 - 01:00
Consultants to launch court challenge to two-tier pay structureNew-entrant consultants starting on salaries 25% lower than older colleagues, says IHCAMon Dec 12 2016 - 21:24
Striking gardaí should lose pension benefits, says pay reportAverage remuneration for gardaí ‘in region of €100,000’ when pensions includedMon Dec 12 2016 - 15:13
Gardaí question legality of any move to impose pension penaltyGRA chief Ciarán O’Neill questions whether Horgan proposals ‘fair, just, legal or lawful’Mon Dec 12 2016 - 15:07
New restrictions to block gardaí from strike action consideredSources say any such moves would be done in partnership with Garda associationsSat Dec 10 2016 - 01:01
Bus Éireann’s finances are in a ‘perilous state’, chief warnsCompany’s staff told its losses must be addressed and there is no money for pay risesThu Dec 08 2016 - 17:17
Rise in public service pension value should affect pay rates, says MinisterDonohoe says pay commisison does not mark a return to ‘bad old’ benchmarking daysThu Dec 08 2016 - 12:23
No Bus Éireann strike threat but unions to consult on crisisShane Ross says there are no plans to axe six to eight routes or privatise the companyThu Dec 08 2016 - 01:00
Government relieved at approval of pay deal by gardaíSettlement will have significant and costly impact on Lansdowne Road agreementMon Dec 05 2016 - 19:16
Rolling strikes may hit schools if ASTI rejects settlementUnion urges members against deal and says disruptions will target department, not pupilsSun Dec 04 2016 - 16:24
ASTI executive urges rejection of deal aimed at averting strikesUnion in dispute with Government over pay for new entrants and additional school hoursSat Dec 03 2016 - 17:52
ASTI committee move may lead to further strikesUnion’s central executive must assess proposals reached after weeks of talksSat Dec 03 2016 - 09:41
‘Considerable scope’ for private sector pay hikes, unions sayIctu urges its members to seek €1,000 or 4 per cent increase in basic pay next yearWed Nov 30 2016 - 19:37
Bus Éireann drivers warn of industrial action on reform planNBRU warns planned reforms to Expressway service will sound death knell for rural routesWed Nov 30 2016 - 01:00
Public unions want deteriorations in pay rolled back quicklyUnions say this does not just involve cuts to basic pay but ‘other disimprovements’Wed Nov 30 2016 - 01:00
Pay boost likely for public service staff after talks agreedNegotiations on ‘anomalies’ arising from €50m Garda deal set to end in JanuaryWed Nov 30 2016 - 01:00
Siptu postpones ballot for industrial action due to Government’s talks offerPlans for talks on pay also welcomed by Irish Congress of Trade UnionsTue Nov 29 2016 - 16:46
Public servants could see €1,000 payment brought forwardAcceleration of incremental pay restoration among options being discussed with unionsMon Nov 28 2016 - 01:00
HSE seems set to reject ‘ground-breaking’ cystic fibrosis drugOrkambi had been ‘considered unjustifiably expensive and not sufficiently cost effective’Sun Nov 27 2016 - 15:42
Head of Pay Commission retracts garda ‘mutiny’ commentsKevin Duffy faced criticism but Taoiseach insisted he was ‘outstanding individual’Fri Nov 25 2016 - 19:49
Taoiseach defends ‘outstanding individual’ Kevin DuffyPublic service unions say any suggestion Duffy should step down would create a ‘serious problem’Fri Nov 25 2016 - 15:28
Garda representatives angered by pay strike ‘mutiny’ claimMinister backs pay commission chief Kevin Duffy after comments about Garda disputeThu Nov 24 2016 - 20:25
Holles Street Hospital move to St Vincent’s campus confirmed‘Unedifying spat’ delayed urgently needed move from outdated city premisesThu Nov 24 2016 - 19:18
Industrial action likely even if Lansdowne Road deal replacedNegotiations with public service unions may not be enough to prevent strikes next yearFri Nov 18 2016 - 06:00
Siptu authorises ballot for strike on public service payGarda offer did not precipitate action the union decided to take, Jack O’Connor saysThu Nov 17 2016 - 18:50
‘Why can’t pay go back to pre-crisis levels?’ - Siptu leader Jack O’ConnorUnion executives meet to consider request to defer plan for pay talks ballotThu Nov 17 2016 - 11:37
Unions to seek rises of 4% for workers in private sector companiesEmployers criticise move as ‘crude opportunism’Wed Nov 16 2016 - 01:00
Private sector unions to seek 4% pay increasesEnda Kenny ‘stands by Lansdowne Road’; Ictu says agreement must be amendedTue Nov 15 2016 - 11:13
Hospital doctors threaten strike action as pay talks collapseGovernment officials say ‘not now in a position’ to negotiate €3,000 allowanceMon Nov 14 2016 - 12:58
No cash for public pay rises until 2018, warns TaoiseachKenny says Government willing to engage in talks with unions on new pay dealMon Nov 14 2016 - 01:00
Lansdowne Road deal needs correction, says union chiefTEEU leader says future of pay agreement is now in ‘considerable doubt’Sun Nov 13 2016 - 21:32
Unions to seek ‘significant’ pay increases in private sectorIctu chief also claims Government’s deal with gardaí breaches Lansdowne Road accordSat Nov 12 2016 - 01:00
Give me a crash course in . . . Ireland’s industrial unrestAfter the transport workers, teachers and gardaí, others are set to ballot for actionSat Nov 12 2016 - 00:00
Government raises health insurance stamp duty levy by 10%Minister warns insurers over passing increase on to subscribersFri Nov 11 2016 - 19:28
Ireland should debate whether to stay in EU, says union chiefTEEU president calls for ‘hard-headed realism’ on part of Irish policy-makersFri Nov 11 2016 - 16:25
Analysis: Pressure mounts over public service payGovernment given ultimatum by Siptu ahead of key meeting of unions next weekFri Nov 11 2016 - 01:00
GRA has not advised members how to vote on pay dealSiptu to ballot members in the public service for strike action unless Government agrees to early talks on new pay dealThu Nov 10 2016 - 19:58
Schools reopen after ASTI agrees suspension of actionGovernment facing further pressure on public service pay as nurses warn of strikesWed Nov 09 2016 - 09:07
Secondary schools to open after ASTI calls off strikeMore than 500 of the State’s 736 secondary schools were closed on TuesdayTue Nov 08 2016 - 21:56
Hospital beds could close if nurses back stoppages in ballotINMO is seeking an acceleration of pay restoration and incentives for recruitmentTue Nov 08 2016 - 21:49
Nurses to ballot over working conditions, staffing and payIrish Nurses and Midwives Organisation to seek an acceleration of pay restorationTue Nov 08 2016 - 17:54
Teachers’ strike ‘does down’ Leaving Cert students, Kenny saysTaoiseach calls for end to dispute as Siptu chief calls for more money for public servantsTue Nov 08 2016 - 15:27
Noonan insists no Garda-style pay rises across public serviceDivisions emerge in Cabinet over how €40m Garda pay settlement will be fundedTue Nov 08 2016 - 01:00
Rank-and-file gardaí suspend strike plans pending ballot resultNoonan says Government cannot afford to extend pay deal for members of force to other unionsMon Nov 07 2016 - 16:07
Lansdowne Road deal no longer seen as the only show in townAnalysis: Government’s timetable for negotiating a successor deal no longer tenableSat Nov 05 2016 - 01:00
Public pay rises would threaten services, Minister warnsGovernment faces knock-on claims from groups in the public service after Garda dealSat Nov 05 2016 - 01:00
No talks now on Lansdowne successor deal, Government saysIn light of gardaí offer, commission on public pay must report before any new negotiationsFri Nov 04 2016 - 20:55
Talks deadlocked as schools set to close from MondayMore than 400 schools to shut indefinitely as ASTI members plan industrial actionFri Nov 04 2016 - 19:15
Five unions to seek new pay terms after Garda pay offerKenny says Government does not have ‘endless pot of money’ and is committed to pay dealFri Nov 04 2016 - 16:11
