Trade union calls for company director restrictionsEmployers who fail to meet obligations to staff should be banned as directors, says IctuMon Jul 06 2015 - 15:38
State concerned about ‘lone wolf’ terrorist attacksDraft White Paper on defence policy outlines main security threats over the next 10 yearsTue Jun 30 2015 - 01:00
Universal health insurance could cost up to €3,000 for adultReport casts doubt on viability of Government health plan as costs far higher than thoughtMon Jun 29 2015 - 01:00
ASTI committee backs rejection of proposed public pay dealTUI urges members to reject pay deal but INTO urges support for proposals in ballotTue Jun 23 2015 - 17:41
Ictu to ask politicians to sign charter on workers’ rightsDocument calls for living-wage rate of €11.45 per hour and end to zero-hour contractsTue Jun 23 2015 - 16:46
Higher civil servants urged to reject public service pay dealAHCPS warns of possible industrial action over proposed Lansdowne Road agreementMon Jun 22 2015 - 18:26
RSA to appeal €1.25m award to former CEO Philip SmithSmith brought constructive dismissal case against insurer RSA over 2013 resignationMon Jun 22 2015 - 13:03
HSE allocates €1 million for EU treatment abroad schemeLeo Varadkar says the directive will help to boost case for increasing Irish health budgetMon Jun 22 2015 - 01:00
Government may change company law after Clerys saleMinster says no law can stop capitalism ‘operating in the way it does’Sun Jun 21 2015 - 13:47
Some 1,784 GPs signed up to free care for children under 6Minister says inappropriate to meet with Tipperary GPs who are opposed to planFri Jun 19 2015 - 21:49
HSE overspent by €136m in first four months of yearLarge amount of overrun relates to acute hospitals and social care servicesThu Jun 18 2015 - 16:56
Nash seeks talks with new Clerys owners on plans for siteMinister says he is deeply concerned at treatment of workers as store liquidatedThu Jun 18 2015 - 16:42
Leo Varadkar suggests dental and GP costs could be re-couped under PRSI schemeExtension of free GP care and improved drug subsidy scheme for Coalition second termThu Jun 18 2015 - 01:01
Ged Nash to seek talks with Natrium on Clerys plansEnda Kenny says company law review group might look at sale of retailerWed Jun 17 2015 - 14:25
Direct employees of Clerys to get statutory redundancy only130 workers entitled to two weeks’ payment for every year of service, plus bonus weekWed Jun 17 2015 - 10:50
Leo Varadkar may change universal health insurance planMinister asks researchers to look at model offering different degrees of cover for patientsWed Jun 17 2015 - 01:00
Ibec says flexible working must be part of labour marketMove is away from lifetime careers with collectively bargained or universal termsWed Jun 17 2015 - 01:00
Retired public servants to receive €1,680 pension boostBrendan Howlin said new €90 initiative will not compromise economic recoveryTue Jun 16 2015 - 15:41
AIB staff to seek pay rise of about 3%Finance union IBOA to look for deal in line with recent agreement with Bank of IrelandThu Jun 11 2015 - 01:00
IMO urges doctors not to pay new Medical Council feeOrganisation says there is no justification for proposed increase in annual retention levyWed Jun 10 2015 - 20:03
Nurses’ union urges members to back new public pay dealINMO says proposals are ‘minimalist and could have been much more positive’Wed Jun 10 2015 - 16:21
Failure to meet standards for nursing homes causing anxietyOperators say dignity of residents being compromised because of State failureMon Jun 08 2015 - 20:25
HSE forecast only 37 public nursing homes would meet Hiqa standardsTony O’Brien warned of ‘critical’ need for State investment in letter to departmentMon Jun 08 2015 - 01:00
State could face €500m bill for nursing home upgradesEleven facilities will not meet Hiqa standards unless they are rebuilt or renovatedMon Jun 08 2015 - 01:00
Dunnes Stores protest hears calls for collective bargaining BillDublin rally attended by about 3,000 hears calls for Government action to help workersSat Jun 06 2015 - 16:13
Siptu to urge members to back new public service pay agreementLansdowne Road deal supported by Impact and INTO, but opposed by IMO and TUIFri Jun 05 2015 - 18:07
Government agreed side deals with unions as part of pay talksNew processes established to address public sector union grievancesWed Jun 03 2015 - 20:31
TUI to urge members to reject Lansdowne Road pay dealImpact urges 60,000 members to accept the proposed agreementWed Jun 03 2015 - 14:54
Pay proposals inequitable, say higher civil servantsProposed agreement on pay restoration to be put to a ballot of union’s membershipTue Jun 02 2015 - 18:49
Public service pay deal costing €566m affordable, says HowlinMinsters and high earners excluded from some increases under changes to draft dealSat May 30 2015 - 01:00
Increased productivity part of Lansdowne dealProposals also places new restrictionson outsourcing in public serviceSat May 30 2015 - 01:00
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
