Tuesday’s Luas strike called off to allow for talksManagement and staff agree to negotiations at Workplace Relations Commission on MondayThu Mar 03 2016 - 20:00
Siptu-represented Dart drivers back strike action in roster rowCompany plans to introduce rosters for a 10 minute service next monthWed Mar 02 2016 - 18:24
Siptu officials to meet Luas staff to discuss dispute strategyTalks aimed at resolving the row were called off by Workplace Relations CommissionTue Mar 01 2016 - 15:08
Clare result: Fine Gael retains its two seatsThe story of the election here is the strong performance of local GP and independent candidate Michael HartySun Feb 28 2016 - 13:16
Collapse of planned Luas talks increases prospect of more strikesManagement accuses staff of taking unofficial action with excessive levels of toilet breaksFri Feb 26 2016 - 18:22
St James’s Hospital workers vote for industrial actionImpact union members take action over proposal to charge staff €500 for car parkingFri Feb 26 2016 - 17:39
Government will have to provide extra funds for student nurse pay dealInsufficient money in health budget to meet €4m cost of new agreementFri Feb 26 2016 - 01:01
Talks aimed at resolving Luas dispute to start next weekFurther strikes planned for March 8th and St Patrick’s Day as staff seek pay increasesThu Feb 25 2016 - 14:28
Strike action hits 999 centre in Navan for 12 hoursA dozen workers picket outside large industrial centre over conditionsThu Feb 25 2016 - 13:55
ASTI motions may spark fresh industrial unrest in schoolsMove could deepen opposition to reform agenda and lead to closure of schoolsThu Feb 25 2016 - 01:00
Workplace commission to advise on scope for ending Luas disputeSiptu warns Luas row could ‘fester and escalate’Wed Feb 24 2016 - 19:03
HSE staffing: Number of senior health managers risesLevels employed fell off after economic crash - but numbers have now effectively recoveredWed Feb 24 2016 - 01:00
Strikes could ‘wreck’ Luas, Paschal Donohue warnsSeparate talks to try and solve bitter pay dispute will begin on WednesdayTue Feb 23 2016 - 11:58
€10m deal to boost payments for rural GPsPay increases for student nurses also approved just days before Election 2016Tue Feb 23 2016 - 01:00
Luas operator claims drivers’ toilet breaks causing delaysTransdev threatens legal action over ‘personal needs breaks’ in letter to SiptuMon Feb 22 2016 - 20:09
Pay for student nurses to increase from beginning of MarchPay will now be at 70 per cent of the first point of the staff nurses incremental pay scaleMon Feb 22 2016 - 13:33
Luas strike: Parties agree to talks on dispute next WednesdaySiptu says it will take ‘effort and compromise’ from both sides to solve bitter pay disputeFri Feb 19 2016 - 17:08
Further attempt being made to resolve Luas disputeWorkplace Relations Commission’s Kieran Mulvey to contact management and staffFri Feb 19 2016 - 01:00
Luas strike: 90,000 to be hit as stoppage gets under wayPlans for St Patrick’s Day strike designed ‘to deliver maximum disruption’ says MinisterThu Feb 18 2016 - 07:44
HSE audit raises questions over spending of public moneyAnalysis: Transfusion Positive criticised in report for ‘inappropriate’ use of fundingThu Feb 18 2016 - 01:01
Luas strike: State will stay out of dispute, Minister saysLight rail employees stage second two-day work stoppage over pay and conditionsThu Feb 18 2016 - 01:00
Transfusion Positive criticised for ‘extravagant’ spendingAudit finds Hepatitis C support group spent money on overseas, trips and beauty treatmentsWed Feb 17 2016 - 16:35
HSE to reconstitute inquiry into Portlaoise baby deathsPlan includes appointing senior figure to decide if hospital staff should face sanctionsWed Feb 17 2016 - 01:00
Luas workers face four days’ pay deductions, say managementNo sign of intervention to avert new round of stoppages this weekWed Feb 17 2016 - 01:00
Consultant contracts: costly question for the next governmentThe relationship between the Government and senior doctors is beset with difficultiesTue Feb 16 2016 - 01:00
Further Luas strikes for March look likelyStoppage next week already planned but workers will meet to discuss next phase of campaignFri Feb 12 2016 - 20:58
Planned strike by teachers called offFebruary 24th stoppage by TUI members could have affected 350 schools before polling dayFri Feb 12 2016 - 19:44
St James’s Hospital staff back strike in parking charge rowSiptu says decision due in coming days on date and duration of strike actionThu Feb 11 2016 - 19:50
Luas lines close with more strikes possible in MarchIndustrial relations climate worsens with teachers and 999 call workers taking actionThu Feb 11 2016 - 01:00
Staff in 999 call centre to strike over pay, union recognitionOffice in Navan to close for 12 hours but others in Ballyshannon, Dublin to remain openWed Feb 10 2016 - 17:45
Nurses for weekly €20 boost in deal to cover doctors’ tasksSuch ‘twilight payments’ had been abolished via 2013 Haddington Road pay agreementWed Feb 10 2016 - 15:54
Luas drivers say they have been grossly underpaidStaff plan two-day strike over pay and work conditions following unsuccessful talksWed Feb 10 2016 - 01:00
Staff running 999 phone service consider 12-hour work stoppageWorkers vote to strike in dispute over pay and union recognitionTue Feb 09 2016 - 22:58
Luas strikes appear set to go ahead this weekUp to 90,000 people will be affected by two-day stoppagesTue Feb 09 2016 - 13:31
New curbs on HSE recruitment to be introducedConfidential memo by HSE chief Tony O’Brien warns rate of hiring cannot continueMon Feb 08 2016 - 01:00
HSE recruitment restrictions will jar with Government promisesNew recruitment rules in HSE again raise the issue of its transparency deficitMon Feb 08 2016 - 01:00
Luas staff begin work-to-rule ahead of strikeWork-to-rule and overtime ban comes ahead of two-day strike starting on ThursdaySun Feb 07 2016 - 11:54
TUI plans one-day February strike without ‘meaningful’ talksJan O’Sullivan says decision was ‘wholly unjustified and completely disproportionate’Fri Feb 05 2016 - 18:05
Varadkar’s officials deeply unhappy with HSE’s draft service planHSE proposed 35% cut in elective cases despite funding increaseFri Feb 05 2016 - 14:05
Nurses vote in favour of plan to tackle A&E overcrowdingINMO members support proposal agreed in bid to avert strikes in emergency unitsFri Feb 05 2016 - 13:42
Child dies from swine flu in Dublin hospitalHSE says the child died last week after having contracted the flu virus H1N1Thu Feb 04 2016 - 21:29
Benefits secured by nurses’ union may be extended to other hospital staffNew talks seek to defuse row between unions over A&E proposalsThu Feb 04 2016 - 20:56
Bus drivers’ union seek substantial pay rises for membersEight years without increase not tolerable for staff at Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus, says chiefThu Feb 04 2016 - 18:25
Majority of FG parliamentary party decline to sign ICTU charterTrade union charter contains commitments to living wage, fair work hours and equalityThu Feb 04 2016 - 12:07
TUI warns of more lecturer strikes at institutes of technologyUnion says any upcoming second level strike would be held during general election weekWed Feb 03 2016 - 13:09
Doctors bid to force payment of accommodation allowanceConcession to non-consultant doctors could cost exchequer €10mMon Feb 01 2016 - 01:00
New flu vaccine campaign aims to ease hospital overcrowdingThis year’s flu outbreak is yet to peak, with emergency department numbers up by 9%Fri Jan 29 2016 - 13:50
Tesco seeking pay cuts for long serving staffMandate says move is unjustified and unacceptableWed Jan 27 2016 - 15:43
Row as emergency call staff see toilet breaks slashedUnion says call operators must seek permission for bathroom breaks over seven minutesTue Jan 26 2016 - 16:32
