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Holles Street Hospital move to St Vincent’s campus confirmed‘Unedifying spat’ delayed urgently needed move from outdated city premisesThu Nov 24 2016 - 19:18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
Tánaiste welcomes decision for gardaí to call off Friday’s strikeSenior garda says contingency plans in the event of a strike did not include martial lawFri Nov 04 2016 - 10:19
Garda strike called off as Labour Court proposes new pay dealGovernment set to accept pay deal that goes beyond €30m package rejected by GRAFri Nov 04 2016 - 00:34
Gardaí call off strike action planned for FridayAGSI and GRA defer industrial action ‘pending the result of the ballot’Thu Nov 03 2016 - 23:54
Secondary schools to close next week due to dispute, Minister saysRichard Bruton says there has been no formal offer from ASTI ahead of industrial actionThu Nov 03 2016 - 21:56
First Garda strike set to go ahead barring new pay offerGarda Commissioner instruction to go to work seems set to be widely disregardedThu Nov 03 2016 - 14:44
Labour Court recommendation on Garda strike issued tomorrowCoveney says Cabinet not given details of contingency plan for industrial actionThu Nov 03 2016 - 09:25
Analysis: Few unions back gardaí and teachers’ strike strategyMost unions oppose ‘special cases’ and want early talks on Lansdowne Road successorThu Nov 03 2016 - 01:00
Gardaí say only offer of ‘substantial’ pay rise will halt strikeGRA declines to call off strike but agrees to put any recommendations to ballotThu Nov 03 2016 - 00:13
Garda Representative Association to press ahead with strikeGroup representing over 10,000 rank and file officers awaiting real ‘progress’ on payWed Nov 02 2016 - 21:27
Gardaí asked to defer strike pending Labour Court hearingCommissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan also orders gardaí not to participate in strike actionWed Nov 02 2016 - 07:31
Government offer to Garda may motivate other union requestsProposals to Garda on rent and briefing pay could spark similar claims by other unionsWed Nov 02 2016 - 01:00
AGSI rejects proposals aimed at averting Garda strikeGarda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan orders all gardaí to turn up for work on FridayTue Nov 01 2016 - 21:59
Labour Court’s special hearing for gardaí in final bid to avert strikeGarda strike now more likely as GRA rejects revised pay proposalsTue Nov 01 2016 - 08:33
Government drawing up contingency plans to maintain orderIn the event of a strike, between 300 and 400 officers will be left to police the StateMon Oct 31 2016 - 23:30
Garda strike likely as GRA rejects Government offerGroup’s president says it is ‘still open for talks’ after latest intervention in dispute failsMon Oct 31 2016 - 22:35
Garda strike inevitable unless progress made by WednesdayDonohoe refuses to be drawn on whether Defence Forces would be drafted on FridayMon Oct 31 2016 - 01:00
Gardaí offered ‘substantial package’ to avert strike, says DonohoeTalks between garda bodies and department of Justice are continuing over the weekendSun Oct 30 2016 - 16:02
Garda pay dispute: New pre-shift payment offeredMove aims to avert next week’s planned unprecedented strike by gardaíSat Oct 29 2016 - 09:27
WRC to oversee talks aimed at averting garda strikeAGSI members boycotting Garda Pulse system today in work-to-rule actionFri Oct 28 2016 - 16:51
Acid test looms for public service pay policy and for GovernmentGarda, teacher pay disputes: Lansdowne Road accord facing most serious challengeFri Oct 28 2016 - 01:00
Teachers’ strike: ASTI proposes ‘temporary’ deal to ease tensionGarda sergeants and inspectors to hold second day of action FridayThu Oct 27 2016 - 20:48
