Clarity needed to determine if HSE plan built on sandHSE envisaged 125,000 fewer medical cards but Cabinet feared figure may be misinterpretedWed Dec 16 2015 - 01:00
HSE plan to tackle rapid rise of healthcare provision costsSavings of €110m envisaged through ‘targeted reduction’ in prescribing and drug costsWed Dec 16 2015 - 01:00
Nurses union warns deal will lead to longer waiting listsAgreement which led to strike being averted will provide additional leave and promotionsTue Dec 15 2015 - 13:03
Nurses deal being closely scrutinised by other public servantsOne specific issue will be the provision of additional leave for nurses working in emergency units in hospitalsTue Dec 15 2015 - 08:36
HSE running just to stand still, with plan based on false economyThe lion’s share of funds are needed just to maintain existing service levelsTue Dec 15 2015 - 01:00
Varadkar reveals plans to replace HSE with more local structuresMinister tells Cabinet the Health Service Executive is too large and too remoteTue Dec 15 2015 - 01:00
Nurses strike planned for seven hospitals called offLast-minute deal agreed with new proposals to be the subject of a future ballotTue Dec 15 2015 - 00:18
Train drivers back deal to resolve row over past productivityNBRU warns against unilateral move to increase frequency of Darts in the New YearMon Dec 14 2015 - 15:57
Do hospitals need more money or do they need to be more efficient?HSE describes report by Department of Public Expenditure and Reform as ‘misleading’Tue Dec 08 2015 - 01:00
Nurses set to withhold regulatory body fees to force publication of reviewsDepartment of Health concerned at findings in nursing board reportSun Dec 06 2015 - 22:04
Minister makes proposals on identification of doctors in casesVaradkar puts new reform proposals to Medical CouncilSun Dec 06 2015 - 21:36
New roster puts gardaí on duty at wrong times, says reportGarda Inspectorate suggests arrangement negatively affects crime investigationSat Dec 05 2015 - 06:00
Price of some cancer drugs significantly higher in IrelandGlobal study also notes dramatic increase in the price of cancer drugs in recent yearsFri Dec 04 2015 - 16:28
Bogus self-employed ‘cost State €600m since 2007’Ictu says numbers of bogus self-employed rose rapidly because system was not policedThu Dec 03 2015 - 16:35
Civil servants ‘should be paid based on performance’System is ‘too hierarchical’ says secretary general of Department of Public ExpenditureThu Dec 03 2015 - 12:15
Galway hospital A&E unit not fit for purpose, admits KennyTaoiseach says staff there are working in one of the most inadequate facilities in countryWed Dec 02 2015 - 16:42
Health service to receive €665m in additional fundingVaradkar says supplementary estimate to cover issues such as free GP careWed Dec 02 2015 - 13:30
Pay rises for 300,000 public service staff from JanuaryHowlin signs order granting pay rises but groups opposed to Lansdowne Road may lose outMon Nov 30 2015 - 16:33
Irish Water paid €3.7m to consultants over six monthsAbout 50 payments totalling €740,000 were made to the legal firm A&L GoodbodyMon Nov 30 2015 - 01:08
HSE plans ‘national threshold’ on overcrowdingMaximum acceptable number of people on trolleys over coming winter set to be 236Mon Nov 30 2015 - 01:00
Department ‘unaware’ of retention payments outside Central BankDepartment of Public Expenditure not asked to sanction paymentsSat Nov 28 2015 - 01:12
Bailout secrets revealed in newly released cabinet papersBrian Lenihan’s memos chart ‘very grave’ situation in days leading up to troika’s arrivalSat Nov 28 2015 - 01:00
Cabinet papers reveal extent of bailout pressureNewly released documents show State was told to borrow more from EU and IMFSat Nov 28 2015 - 01:00
Proposal to restrict scale of Junior Cert considered as part of cutbacksComspulsory job losses and abolition of free drug scheme on table, cabinet papers showFri Nov 27 2015 - 21:59
Staff payments are a Central Bank matter, says NoonanRetention payments are compliant with Fempi Act, bank tells Minister for FinanceFri Nov 27 2015 - 06:40
Mid-ranking gardaí refuse to work extra from JanuaryAGSI members affected by Haddington Road agreement could face freeze on incrementsWed Nov 25 2015 - 01:01
Emergency department nurses vote in favour of strike actionBallot of INMO members shows 92% favour industrial action from next monthTue Nov 24 2015 - 16:52
Health managers to be allowed keep top-upsAttorney General says hospitals did not act outside their powers in making paymentsMon Nov 23 2015 - 01:00
Analysis: Health executives to retain unapproved salariesAllowances introduced after 2010 likely to be scrapped under new proposalsMon Nov 23 2015 - 01:00
Dublin pharmacy received €835,000 in State scheme feesHSE report shows one dental practice received €362,000 in payments for 2014Mon Nov 23 2015 - 01:00
Staff working for Irish Water vote to strike in row over job cutsUnions balloted for industrial action after utility revealed plan for up to 1,500 job lossesFri Nov 20 2015 - 17:48
Central Bank told it must stick with pay cap rulesBank refuses to comment on rumours it will seek a get-out clause from Fempi legislationFri Nov 20 2015 - 06:30
Irish hospital costs are 80% higher than EU average - reportHSE claims findings in Department of Public Expenditure paper are ‘misleading’Fri Nov 20 2015 - 01:00
Bus unions urge changes over fears of route privatisationSiptu and NBRU hold ‘frank’ talks with Department of Transport and NTA on issuesThu Nov 19 2015 - 16:10
Tallaght Hospital senior executive threatens legal action over A&E inquiryDirector claims Varadkar put hospital under pressure following complaints by doctorsThu Nov 19 2015 - 01:00
Tánaiste Joan Burton to pledge living wage if Labour re-electedState employees and those working for contractors employed by public bodies to qualifyWed Nov 18 2015 - 01:00
Labour Court issues proposals to resolve rail disputeNew talks process on productivity and assessment of terms, conditions proposedWed Nov 18 2015 - 01:00
ESRI urges review of universal health insurance modelWarning that initiative could add up to €2 billion to health spendingWed Nov 18 2015 - 00:01
Coalition health plan would have pushed up costs by €650mMinister for Health Leo Varadkar to urge that Cabinet defer final decision on proposalsTue Nov 17 2015 - 01:00
No changes proposed for staff pensions, says CIÉUnions had warned any unilateral changes to pension schemes would lead to strikesTue Nov 17 2015 - 01:00
Warning of further bus and rail disruptionUnilateral changes to pension schemes would lead to strike, unions tell CIÉMon Nov 16 2015 - 01:00
Top 100 earning GP practices and co-ops shared €50m in 2014Three GP co-operatives topped list of highest earners with HSE payments of more than €1mFri Nov 13 2015 - 16:48
TDs and Senators not overpaid, says HowlinMinister says Oireachtas members should benefit from pay restoration dealWed Nov 11 2015 - 01:00
Irish Water workers ballot for industrial actionRow centres over proposed cuts to jobsTue Nov 10 2015 - 11:53
Inquiry sought on why so many women paid minimum wageThat most of those paid national minimum wage are women is well-known, says Ged NashTue Nov 10 2015 - 01:00
Varadkar told Tallaght hospital to look into whistleblower claimsInquiry to proceed after preliminary scoping exercise found grounds for full investigationTue Nov 10 2015 - 01:00
Department of Health warns recruitment problems present “strategic risk”HSE urged to plan to transfer tasks between staffing groupsMon Nov 09 2015 - 01:00
Up to 8,000 non-teaching school staff in line for 10% pay risePay deal would increase hourly rate of secretaries and caretakers from €10.25 to €13Mon Nov 09 2015 - 01:00
Garda used extra hours for issues ‘not envisaged’ in pay dealGRA cautions over any legislation to ‘punish’ members after pay accord rejectedMon Nov 09 2015 - 01:00
