Check-up: Former minister for health James ReillyExit from post in 2014 when health service reeling from budget cuts and staffing levelsMon Sept 07 2015 - 01:00
HSE considering new incentive scheme for GPsInitiative aimed at cost-efficient prescribing that could potentially save €15m on drugs billMon Sept 07 2015 - 01:00
Government urged to approve muscular dystrophy drugSupport group also calls for improved access to clinical trials for sufferersMon Sept 07 2015 - 01:00
Crash fatality Man dies in Co Mayo road accidentCollision between motorbike and vanMon Sept 07 2015 - 00:33
Leo Varadkar aide said HSE living in ‘parallel universe’Senior aide referring to way HSE dealt with Hiqa report into hospital in PortlaoiseSat Sept 05 2015 - 10:29
HSE wanted to shut key services at Portlaoise hospitalGovernment and health body planned to end full-scale emergency services at the hospitalFri Sept 04 2015 - 07:40
Government introduces reforms to work permit systemSome occupations deemed eligible but others have been removed from the listTue Sept 01 2015 - 22:31
Varadkar says moves to ease overcrowding not yet workingNurses claim 6,518 patients seeking admission to hospitals left on trolleys last monthTue Sept 01 2015 - 15:50
HSE chief seeks an additional €2 billion in funding for 2016Director general Tony O’Brien warns against health service ‘standing still’Mon Aug 31 2015 - 21:27
Hospital group nursing chiefs to get pay rises of €600 a monthPay proposals are part of an agreed industrial relations process across public serviceThu Aug 06 2015 - 01:00
Irish Rail faces bankruptcy if it loses tender, Government warnsEU Commission wants changes that would open up sector to competitorsTue Aug 04 2015 - 01:00
Judges association call for action on two-tier public pay systemNewly appointed judges are the subject of ‘invidious discrimination’, Howlin toldTue Aug 04 2015 - 01:00
Workers to accrue holiday entitlements while on sick leaveGovernment initiative to implement EU directive comes into force from SaturdaySat Aug 01 2015 - 01:00
Pancreas transplant programme to re-start in SeptemberLeo Varadkar held ‘constructive meeting’ with hospitals on Friday eveningFri Jul 31 2015 - 21:47
Unions to oppose ‘flawed’ EU plan to tender rail servicesSiptu says proposal is a ‘clear and naked attack’ on Ireland’s railway workersThu Jul 30 2015 - 15:28
Medical scientists vote to back Lansdowne Road pay dealAgreement on public service pay now certain of being ratified by Ictu in autumnThu Jul 30 2015 - 12:36
HSE records deficit of €164 million in first five monthsService unable to cut costs ‘because our focus has been on opening additional bed capacity’Wed Jul 29 2015 - 19:49
Consultant received nearly €70,000 in overtime pay, audit showsDoctor was working for another part of HSE in addition to own hospitalWed Jul 29 2015 - 01:00
Manager appointed on €45,000 contract ended up receiving €275,000Extended contract breached €207,000 threshold for EU tenderingWed Jul 29 2015 - 01:00
Union members vote to back Lansdowne Road pay dealTEEU represents about 1,000 staff in public serviceTue Jul 28 2015 - 21:38
Non-adversarial system for brain injury cases proposedIrish society is ‘willing to bear’ the cost of brain injury cases, says Minster for HealthMon Jul 27 2015 - 01:00
More than 80 per cent of nurses attended work while ill, study findsMore than 40 per cent believe their health is not important to employersMon Jul 27 2015 - 01:00
HSE concerned at cost of hiring agency staff to fill front-line health service gapsNeed to hire driven by low pay, geography and specific skill shortages, says memoMon Jul 27 2015 - 01:00
Hospital groups should set pay rates, Leo Varadkar saysMinister for Health wants trusts to be permitted to behave like semi-State companiesSat Jul 25 2015 - 01:00
Civil service should have more open recruitment, board rulesBody recommends public competition in appointment of senior managersFri Jul 24 2015 - 01:00
HSE says two procurement audits found ‘deficiencies’Health committee told collusion between suppliers and purchasers ‘difficult’ to detectThu Jul 23 2015 - 21:39
Siptu overwhelmingly backs public service pay dealMost public service employees now likely to receive wage rise of €2,000 in three phasesThu Jul 23 2015 - 15:45
HSE offers €1,500 to attract overseas nurses to IrelandUp to 500 nurses and midwives sought in new recruitment initiativeThu Jul 23 2015 - 08:29
Unite says employers’ PRSI should not be cut to offset minimum wageEmployers’ social insurance rates should be increased to fund social wage, says unionWed Jul 22 2015 - 22:08
PRSI reforms and minimum wage increase likely to go hand in handCommission highlights anomalies which could see earnings fall on foot of risesWed Jul 22 2015 - 01:00
Low Pay Commission splits over 50c minimum wage increaseProposed increase does not address eight-year stagnation of minimum wage, says reportTue Jul 21 2015 - 15:04
Fair Deal review: Nursing home operators warn action neededAge action welcomes pledge not to increase contributions from nursing home residentsTue Jul 21 2015 - 01:00
Next government advised to bring in public pay commissionHowlin says he will read Fine Gael think tank proposals on determining public service payTue Jul 21 2015 - 01:00
Government sidesteps increasing charges for residential careLong-term sustainability of Fair Deal scheme remains to be seen, given demographicsTue Jul 21 2015 - 01:00
What’s the deal with the Fair Deal scheme?Q&A by Martin Wall as report on nursing home scheme publishedMon Jul 20 2015 - 21:44
Coalition not planning to seek larger Fair Deal contributionMinister of State says review shows nursing home support scheme to be ‘fair and transparent’Mon Jul 20 2015 - 13:28
Commission to recommend minimum wage increaseLow Pay Commission expected to call for an extra 50 cent an hour in report for MinisterSat Jul 18 2015 - 18:50
Analysis: Investigations to follow hospital procurement claimsWhistleblower concerns over some hospitals first raised with Varadkar last SeptemberFri Jul 17 2015 - 21:24
Government rejects trade union call to curtail tax cutsWorkers’ groups lobby for increased funds for services at national economic dialogueFri Jul 17 2015 - 01:00
Howlin says he would like to see schools receive block grantsModel, which would allow schools determine spending, should be piloted, Minister saysFri Jul 17 2015 - 01:00
Impact of national economic dialogue will be seen in budgetGovernment at pains to point out exercise aimed at listening, not set of negotiationsFri Jul 17 2015 - 01:00
Unions urge Government to give more money to public servicesEmployers group warns against removing too many people from the tax baseThu Jul 16 2015 - 18:02
Burton and Harris call for tax reform to draw home emigrantsSimon Harris says level at which 7% USC kicks in is ‘penal’ and effects productivityThu Jul 16 2015 - 13:34
Government will not exceed its spending plans, says KennyTaoiseach says Budget will ensure work pays more than welfareThu Jul 16 2015 - 12:28
Dialogue process ‘not a return’ to Social PartnershipTalks objective is not to yield an overall agreement with which everyone will concurThu Jul 16 2015 - 01:00
Employers to urge Coalition towards further €1bn spendSocial justice groups argue for greater spend on social infrastructure in new talks processThu Jul 16 2015 - 01:00
Bill for State pensions ‘could rise by nearly €200 million per year’Demographic pressures will hit cost of two State pension schemes in years aheadWed Jul 15 2015 - 01:00
Increasing labour supply will be core challenge, says paperAttracting back emmigrants and urging greater participation by women urgedTue Jul 14 2015 - 22:46
Employers unconvinced by ‘living wage’ argumentIbec says proposal would hurt employment and not address real challenges of povertyTue Jul 14 2015 - 01:00
Irish embassy in Paris is worth an estimated €45 millionNew figures show State’s diplomatic properties abroad are valued at almost €90 millionMon Jul 13 2015 - 01:00
