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
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
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
Analysis: Document reveals extra funding sought by HSEHealth Service Executive requested €1.4bn, more than double the amount providedMon 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
