Majority of public servants to receive €2,000 pay boost€566 million deal with Government involves phased increases over two yearsFri May 29 2015 - 20:05
Public service staff in line for €1,000 pay boost next yearPay restoration deal set to be offered in talks over Haddington Road extensionFri May 29 2015 - 01:00
St Vincent’s group row with HSE hurts health service, says VaradkarDepartment of Health to convene talks to resolve the parties’ outstanding issuesThu May 28 2015 - 19:05
Public servants set to gain €1,000 next year in pay dealSimilar pay boost for State employees on the table for 2017Thu May 28 2015 - 17:38
Internal Aer Lingus report outlines €60m in cutsPolitical reaction: Fianna Fáil calls for suspension of Dáil vote on sale of stake in airlineThu May 28 2015 - 10:00
Row between HSE and St Vincent’s Group reaches new levelsBoundaries between voluntary hospitals and new hospital groups will have to be drawnThu May 28 2015 - 01:00
Forensic auditors to review St Vincent’s Healthcare GroupMove comes after Health Service Executive receives ‘specific allegations’Thu May 28 2015 - 01:00
Plans for new €150m national maternity hospital on holdBoard of St Vincent’s suspends involvement due to dispute with HSE and current hospitalWed May 27 2015 - 01:00
Public sector talks continue on key reforms sought by GovernmentNegotiations expected to move on to pay restoration and industrial relations accordTue May 26 2015 - 20:24
Cabinet agrees to sell State’s 25% stake in Aer LingusAer Lingus ‘does not foresee’ redundancies or outsourcing in IAG dealTue May 26 2015 - 10:10
Doctors given until June 5th to commit to free GP careNew assurances on scheme for children under six years given to GPsMon May 25 2015 - 15:39
Report highlights ‘startling’ shortage of nursesInternational study largely positive, but points to delays in cancer careMon May 25 2015 - 01:00
GPs warned over sharing intentions on under-six contractCompetition commission fears GP body encouraging boycott of proposed new schemeSat May 23 2015 - 01:00
Impact claims IAG assurances on Aer Lingus are worthlessUnion passes motion on proposed sale of State’s stake in airline to aviation groupThu May 21 2015 - 14:38
Government wants unions to re-affirm commitments on disputesDraft paper backs binding arbitration in disputes and rules out strikesThu May 21 2015 - 08:30
Negotiations on public service pay to begin in earnestTalks between unions and Government representatives resume on Tuesday afternoonTue May 19 2015 - 12:42
Hospital waiting list target breached by 50,000Details of growing lists given by Leo Varadkar to Brendan Howlin in confidential letterMon May 18 2015 - 01:00
Original plan for HSE patient safety body abandonedMinister Leo Varadkar says it will now be independent body, not ‘sub-agency’ of HSEMon May 18 2015 - 01:00
Coalition may seek deal to avoid strikes in public pay talksProposal geared to reduce days lost through disputes if future changes are implementedFri May 15 2015 - 01:00
Analysis: Bus route tendering will go ahead but with new safeguards for workersLRC plans build on Donohoe’s commitment that no employee will be forced to move to private operatorThu May 14 2015 - 15:04
Process of tendering 10% bus routes to continue, Minister saysPlanned strike by Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann called offThu May 14 2015 - 14:21
Talks continue to avert bus strikeTwo-day work stoppage scheduled for Friday and SaturdayWed May 13 2015 - 01:00
Public pay rises could spark private sector demands – EU CommissionCommissioner Pierre Moscovici set to raise State’s ‘cost-competitiveness’ on Dublin tripWed May 13 2015 - 01:00
Pay talks for public servants start with 15-minute sessionGovernment wants process finished by end of JuneTue May 12 2015 - 15:38
Dunnes Stores staff to get 3 per cent pay increaseUnion says retailer must also introduce secure, banded hour contractsTue May 12 2015 - 13:53
Talks to avert more bus strikes could run for daysDublin Bus and Bus Éireann staff scheduled to stop work on Friday and SaturdayTue May 12 2015 - 06:21
Unions to seek flat-rate rise as public sector talks beginGovernment has earmarked between €250m and €300m for pay restorationTue May 12 2015 - 01:00
Workers could be forced to join ‘company unions’, Unite claimsUnite union criticises Government plans for collective bargaining reformsMon May 11 2015 - 11:58
Talks planned over second Dublin Bus, Bus Éireann strikeLabour Relations Committee has invited unions and management to talks at 3pmMon May 11 2015 - 06:28
Analysis: Document reveals extra funding sought by HSEHealth Service Executive requested €1.4bn, more than double the amount providedMon May 11 2015 - 01:00
HSE devoid of system to analyse risks to patientsWarning given to Coalition last year as part of proposal for €600m to develop servicesMon May 11 2015 - 01:00
Confidential report shows HSE sought extra €1.4bn in fundingHSE warned Department of Health further savings and efficiencies no longer possibleMon May 11 2015 - 01:00
Bus strike: Fresh talks scheduled in bid to avert stoppageCost of dispute to companies at €3m so far as latest shutdown set for Friday and SaturdaySun May 10 2015 - 17:32
Higher civil servants in no mood for reform linked to pay cutsAssociation of Higher Civil and Public Servants says net pay now at levels of 13 years agoSat May 09 2015 - 01:00
CPSU criticises growing gulf in public service payEoin Ronayne says demand for extra productivity in pay talks would be unacceptableFri May 08 2015 - 08:35
Unions to seek public service pay rise by changing pension levyStaff would benefit by €800 if first €27,000 in pay was exempt from pension levyFri May 08 2015 - 07:44
Varadkar says he would prefer more staff to fewer earning moreMinister says it would be hard to back pay deal which came at expense of servicesThu May 07 2015 - 18:45
Impact says social care workers owed €10m in pay arrearsPersonnel in west have voted for industrial action in campaign to have money paidThu May 07 2015 - 18:42
Public service workers set to gain €800 eachGovernment to spend €250m to €300m restoring pay to 300,000 public workersThu May 07 2015 - 01:00
Impact says staff will not entertain more changes to termsSocial care staff in West to seek €7.5 million in unpaid premium paymentsWed May 06 2015 - 17:45
HSE says it did not get funds to meet €24.5m in pay risesExecutive says it is seeking to manage costs within its overall fundingWed May 06 2015 - 16:55
Public service staff told extra productivity requiredRobert Watt predicts tight budgets and need to ‘deliver more with the same or with less’Wed May 06 2015 - 13:23
Nash brings draft Bill on collective bargaining rights to CabinetFramework for registered employment agreements also set out in new legislationWed May 06 2015 - 01:00
Health Service Executive deficit doubles to €56m in FebruaryCosts for demand-led health schemes such as medical cards higher than expectedTue May 05 2015 - 01:00
Public service pay restoration talks to start next weekSimon Harris suggests staff could earn more from cut in pay levies than from wage riseMon May 04 2015 - 01:00
Bus strike causing major drop in trade, businesses claimFirms report footfall in Dublin and Cork cities is down by more than 20 per centSat May 02 2015 - 08:10
Bus firms’ legal action an ‘attempt to intimidate’ workersNBRU and Siptu contest Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus claim that strike is illegalSat May 02 2015 - 01:00
Another day without buses and threat of five more strikesBus companies sue unions for losses from industrial action they describe as ‘illegal’Fri May 01 2015 - 23:43
Thousands support bus strike in Dublin city marchEnda Kenny says there are no winners from bus workers’ industrial actionFri May 01 2015 - 18:41
