Over 500 schools close as ASTI teachers stage industrial actionGovernment determined to hold firm line in row over pay rates for new staffWed Oct 26 2016 - 21:57
Garda set to be offered new pay deal by GovernmentThere is caution on whether new proposals will be enough to prevent threatened strikeWed Oct 26 2016 - 01:00
Mid-ranking gardaí say no progress made in talks to avert strikeEscalating industrial action campaign by AGSI to continue on FridayTue Oct 25 2016 - 16:26
Government to make no move to close western rail corridorGalway TD says regional development means not just retention of line but its expansionTue Oct 25 2016 - 01:01
Pay offer to cause tension in schoolsTeachers not planning to strike will be paid if declarations are signedTue Oct 25 2016 - 01:00
No breakthrough in talks on averting Garda strike plansGovernment and unions to meet again on Tuesday as four days of industrial action loomMon Oct 24 2016 - 20:25
Public to be consulted on railways amid closure warningsRail review says more than €600m needed to keep rail network fully operationalMon Oct 24 2016 - 14:56
Iarnrod Eireann funding crisis puts lines at risk, report warnsRail routes face closure due to deterioration of system and €600m neededMon Oct 24 2016 - 06:26
Rail report: Routes around country at risk of closureMajor increase in State funding needed, according to National Transport Authority reportMon Oct 24 2016 - 02:30
Public sector pay: How we came to the brink of a major strikePublic-sector industrial action has been looming for months. A strike could destabilise pay deals, budgetary strategy and perhaps the Government itselfSat Oct 22 2016 - 06:00
TUI members will not carry out duties of ASTI colleaguesTeaching unions’ ‘equal pay’ protest at Government Buildings set to coincide with strikeFri Oct 21 2016 - 20:50
Talks to avert garda strike to resume next weekDepartment of Justice to meet with GRA as gardaí begin limited industrial actionFri Oct 21 2016 - 20:08
O’Sullivan criticised for US trip as gardaí prepare to strikeCommissioner in San Diego for conference as senior officers’ union begins work-to-ruleThu Oct 20 2016 - 09:54
AGSI to begin industrial action on FridayDepartment of Justice says contingency planning for Garda strikes is ongoingThu Oct 20 2016 - 01:00
No money in Justice, Garda budgets for pay risesDepartment of Justice adopts conciliatory approach ahead of garda talksWed Oct 19 2016 - 14:26
Talks on contingency plan for garda strike yet to be heldDepartment of Justice considers plan a matter for Garda managementWed Oct 19 2016 - 12:42
Doctors latest group to threaten strike over pay claimSenior officials say if demands of gardaí and teachers are met budget will unravelWed Oct 19 2016 - 01:00
Gardaí and teachers urged to engage in talks on grievancesMinister says Lansdowne Road pay deal is only option amid threats of industrial actionTue Oct 18 2016 - 17:55
New public pay body won’t report until next summerPublic service pay commission will advise Government but not make decisions on payTue Oct 18 2016 - 01:00
Teachers to be offered deal to halt industrial actionSupervision payments to be restored if agreement reached on ‘Croke Park hours’Mon Oct 17 2016 - 21:40
Bus Éireann staff seek similar pay rises to those at Dublin BusManagement at firm has ruled out pay rises and has plan to separate Expressway serviceMon Oct 17 2016 - 16:50
GRA urges emergency units to work during planned strikesSkeletal cover to remain in place in key areas to protect security of the State during strikeMon Oct 17 2016 - 15:57
Parents council does not want to be ‘dragged into’ teacher disputeChildren ‘being used as pawns’ and ASTI and government should be talking ‘24 hours a day’ to sortMon Oct 17 2016 - 13:34
Public pay dispute: Government holds the lineIn face of strikes by teachers and gardaí, Ministers stick to Lansdowne Road dealMon Oct 17 2016 - 01:00
Substantial pay offer on table for new teachers, says BrutonMinister concedes they would still be €1,800 behind those appointed in earlier yearsMon Oct 17 2016 - 01:00
‘Very difficult’ to keep schools open during dispute - BrutonTeachers to withdraw from supervision and substitution duties from November 7thSun Oct 16 2016 - 14:24
Parents may run schools if teachers strikeGovernment plans to hire parents as supervisors to avert closure of hundreds of schoolsSat Oct 15 2016 - 01:00
Cabinet Minister could still receive €5,400 TD pay riseAll TDs and Ministers ’should take the hit’ and forgo rises, says Finian McGrathSat Oct 15 2016 - 01:00
ASTI ‘available for talks’ to avert industrial actionState’s slavish adherence to Lansdowne Road accord behind lack of progress, says presidentFri Oct 14 2016 - 20:26
Secondary teachers announce seven days of strike actionHundreds of schools face closures starting on October 27th in ASTI pay disputeFri Oct 14 2016 - 18:19
Recently graduated nurses to receive €1,000 pay boostIncremental credit for placements restored for workers who qualified between 2011 and 2015Thu Oct 13 2016 - 18:26
Government’s handling of ASTI strike will have wide implicationsWith others unions watching, change of tack on public pay strategy appears unlikelyThu Oct 13 2016 - 15:52
Luas, Dublin Bus and other strikes cost Siptu €500,000Union has financial weapon in €19.5m contingency fund, says general secretary Joe O’FlynnThu Oct 13 2016 - 15:50
Budget 2017: No change to public sector pay plans - DonohoeNo money allocated for additional rises over and above Lansdowne Road agreementTue Oct 11 2016 - 20:29
Budget 2017: No money to accelerate public service pay increasesDespite calls for wage restoration, Government sticks with Lansdowne Road dealTue Oct 11 2016 - 16:05
Minimum wage rise of 10 cent a ‘slap in the face’ for low paidBudget 2017: Labour senator Ged Nash says ‘paltry’ increase will be eroded by inflation next yearTue Oct 11 2016 - 15:55
Psychiatric nurses union pushes for pay restorationPsychiatric Nurses Association calls for the early payment of money owed to staffMon Oct 10 2016 - 21:13
Secondary schools may close due to ASTI disputeTeachers’ withdrawal from supervision duties could lead to widespread disruptionFri Oct 07 2016 - 01:00
Court challenge on scrapping of allowance for non-consultant doctorsIMO protests following restoration of ‘analogous’ payments to firefighters and teachersFri Oct 07 2016 - 01:00
Industrial action in schools ‘inevitable’, says teachers’ unionAsti chief says teachers are being asked to ‘collude in the downgrading of education’Wed Oct 05 2016 - 11:23
HSE faces questions as gulf in nursing home costs revealedPrivate sector outcry expected over lower rate it receives under ‘Fair Deal’ schemeWed Oct 05 2016 - 01:00
Public nursing home bed costs €700 more than private sectorAccommodating a patient costs up to €2,089 per week, according to HSE reportWed Oct 05 2016 - 01:00
€700 million: The compensation the HSE may have to pay hospital consultantsState could have to reimburse about 2,000 doctors over failure to pay higher salaries agreed in 2008Tue Oct 04 2016 - 09:21
HSE says reforms to key areas of primary care system are neededHealth chiefs call for update of rules on eligibility and access to servicesTue Oct 04 2016 - 05:50
‘Up to 350 patients dying due to lack of ICU capacity’Ireland spending lot of money on health but outcomes consistently poor, conference toldSun Oct 02 2016 - 12:26
Doctors paying more than €100,000 a year for clinical indemnity coverIHCA wants State to offer clinical indemnity on a commercial basisSat Oct 01 2016 - 14:47
Harris confirms HSE will come in on budget for 2016Minister says additional money will go towards service development, not to fill black holeSat Oct 01 2016 - 14:35
Ireland ‘lucky to have avoided winter healthcare calamity’Thousands of additional hospital beds needed, Irish Hospital Consultants Association saysSat Oct 01 2016 - 10:47
Lower-paid civil servants seek speeding up of pay restorationCPSU says outcome of Dublin Bus and Luas disputes should be reflected in public serviceSat Oct 01 2016 - 01:00
Hospitals cannot fill hundreds of consultant posts, group saysGovernment urged to take action over pay and working conditions for senior medicsSat Oct 01 2016 - 01:00
