Varadkar warns of sacking if trolley crisis continuesMinster tells top officials of dismissal ‘for accountability’ if problem not resolvedTue Sept 29 2015 - 01:00
Labour court to hear Luas drivers’ claim for 40% pay riseFear looms of Luas action at same time as potential strike by Iarnród Éireann driversTue Sept 29 2015 - 01:00
Bruton warns of passport controls at Border if UK leaves EUFormer taoiseach says ‘Brexit’ would weaken European UnionFri Sept 25 2015 - 22:31
Pay dispute suspended at centres for people with intellectual disabilitiesHealth service to seek €4 million to meet unpaid premium paymentsFri Sept 25 2015 - 22:09
State paid out €330m to settle claims against health servicesPublic Accounts Committee told the total includes legal fees of €115 millionFri Sept 25 2015 - 13:29
Coalition considers revised Metro North schemeRail connection to airport is expected to be centrepiece of capital planWed Sept 23 2015 - 12:01
Years, and millions of euro, lost to indecision over Dublin transport€35m already spent on Dart plans and €150m on Metro North - neither will go aheadWed Sept 23 2015 - 09:32
Dart to be extended to Balbriggan by 2022Plan for underground rail including tunnel under Dublin city deferred, Paschal Donohoe saysTue Sept 22 2015 - 17:43
Staff in State-funded bodies ‘should get public service pay’Impact says funding of care service agencies is ‘out of date’Tue Sept 22 2015 - 11:46
GPs seek financial incentives to provide more servicesNAGP says reforms could relieve pressure on hospital emergency unitsThu Sept 17 2015 - 15:41
Teachers could lose €800 if unions fail to back pactThreat to supervision and substitution pay which is due to be restored next yearThu Sept 17 2015 - 01:00
Lansdowne road agreement: Key pointsMay pact began process of reversing pay and pension cuts introduced for staff since 2008Wed Sept 16 2015 - 19:31
Irish Water staff to get annual pay rises of up to 3%LRC proposals a bid to resolve row over the non-payment of bonuses in 2013 and 2014Wed Sept 16 2015 - 15:58
Public service pay increase deal to be formally ratifiedPublic servants to receive €2,000 in three phases under Lansdowne Road agreementWed Sept 16 2015 - 11:17
Rail services face disruption in row over productivity payTrain drivers to ballot for industrial action in dispute over payment for past productivityTue Sept 15 2015 - 15:54
Lower paid civil servants and university teachers back pay dealMembers of Unite union reject Lansdowne Road accord as terms are ‘insufficient’Mon Sept 14 2015 - 18:31
Talks on school secretaries’ terms and conditions to beginImpact union seeking standardised pay and conditions for secretaries and caretakersMon Sept 14 2015 - 01:00
Vets vote to reject new State pay agreementLansdowne Road deal opposed by 92% of members of Veterinary Officers AssociationFri Sept 11 2015 - 20:31
Second union at Iarnród Éireann warns of possible strike actionIarnród Éireann says it still losing €1m per monthWed Sept 09 2015 - 14:05
Analysis: Coalition own goal on health jobs proves costlyIreland struggles to compete in recruiting senior health personnel due to pay ratesTue Sept 08 2015 - 09:40
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
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
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
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
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
