PAC to investigate spending of €50m on Thorton HallPlanned prison development in Co Dublin to replace Mountjoy was later shelvedFri Feb 13 2015 - 01:00
Fine Gael TD says collective bargaining could deter foreign investmentIntroduction of new workers rights legislation is key issue for trade union movementThu Feb 12 2015 - 13:32
HSE budget revelations likely to prompt further questionsOpposition likely to seek answers on what clinical risks affected by lack of fundingThu Feb 12 2015 - 01:00
Patients face ‘clinical risks’ over shortfall, records revealHSE only received half additional money it sought to run health services in 2015Thu Feb 12 2015 - 01:00
Dunnes Stores claims right not to engage with trade unionsMembers of Mandate to ballot for industrial action over Labour Court recommendationsWed Feb 11 2015 - 16:10
Varadkar denies plan to require patients to have insurance to access certain GP proceduresMinister rejects warning by Irish Medical OrganisationTue Feb 10 2015 - 16:27
Higher pension deadline for public service staff extendedStaff have until June 2016 to retire if pensions to be calculated on pre-Haddington Road payTue Feb 10 2015 - 14:17
Pay now on the table as economy improvesWith unemployment falling to just over 10% workers’ bargaining power is recoveringMon Feb 09 2015 - 01:00
Nurses seeking reversal of pay cuts and pension levyINMO says it is ‘pay back time’ ahead of talks with GovernmentSun Feb 08 2015 - 19:44
Ictu calls for action on income distributionOutgoing leader David Begg tells conference Ireland needs initiative to halt inequalityFri Feb 06 2015 - 19:39
Helipad upgrade at Galway hospital cost more than three times original estimateFinal cost of works on helipad surface exceeded €70,000, HSE audit saysThu Feb 05 2015 - 21:49
Hospital consultants may not have been qualifiedHSE audit finds two consultants hired through agency may not be specialistsThu Feb 05 2015 - 21:37
Doctors must tell patients of errors, under new Varadkar lawLike a motoring ‘hit and run’ for doctors to fail to make such disclosures, says MinisterThu Feb 05 2015 - 18:04
Hotels say wage-setting a would hit job creationLabour minster critical of hotels over boycott of new wage-setting arrangementsThu Feb 05 2015 - 11:01
Low-pay group to get powers to gradually raise minimum wageGovernment set to argue that higher proposed ‘living wage’ is on voluntary basis onlyThu Feb 05 2015 - 01:00
Varadkar to announce new national cancer strategyReport on implementation of cancer reforms to be launched todayMon Feb 02 2015 - 01:00
Dispute over doctors’ pay threatened to close services at PortiunculaHospital relies on locum staff to run servicesMon Feb 02 2015 - 01:00
Varadkar may use legislative powers to cut drug prices if no deal reached with industryTalks on cuts have reached stalemate in recent weeksMon Feb 02 2015 - 01:00
Siptu out of touch in seeking 5% pay rise, says employers’ groupIbec says €11.45 living wage is utterly impractical and would destroy job creationSun Feb 01 2015 - 22:01
Siptu calls for 5% pay increases and €11.45 minimum wageIbec says trade union’s statement is reckless, foolish and detached from economic realitySat Jan 31 2015 - 15:04
Siptu to seek 5% pay rises across public and private sectorsUnion chief Jack O’Connor signals campaign to seek €11.45 per hour minimum living wageSat Jan 31 2015 - 08:11
HSE to carry out internal audit of staff upgrade processHSE seeks to examine process of ‘regularising’ acting staff to higher gradesSat Jan 31 2015 - 01:00
Consultant pay proposals criticised by medical groupIrish Hospital Consultants Association says Government plans will fail to attract talentWed Jan 28 2015 - 18:39
HSE expected to advertise 200 consultant postsIrish Medical Organisation backs revised pay deal by margin of 60% to 40%Tue Jan 27 2015 - 21:45
VHI to cut prices on 7 of its lowest cost health plansMove which will apply from March is a sign spiralling health insurance prices have easedTue Jan 27 2015 - 13:03
PAC not to interview civil servant who made allegations of tax evasion against politiciansMcDonald says mechanism to investigate claims must be found by GovernmentFri Jan 23 2015 - 01:00
Public Accounts Committee decides against calling whistleblower to appearCivil servant has made allegations of tax evasion against former senior politiciansThu Jan 22 2015 - 14:50
Challenges ahead as Patricia King takes helm of Irish trade union movementUnions face having to meet expectations of members as economy improvesWed Jan 21 2015 - 18:47
Patricia King to be the new head of IctuFormer Siptu vice president has been involved in trade union movement for 25 yearsWed Jan 21 2015 - 12:03
Opposition said insurance plan proposed by Reilly was just another taxDepartment of Health officials warned Leo Varadkar that UHI plan was ‘unworkable’Wed Jan 21 2015 - 01:00
Medical personnel will still be in charge of patient care under UHIMinister for Health Leo Varadkar to bring proposals to Cabinet after EasterWed Jan 21 2015 - 01:00
People fear health insurance plans could cost them moreConcern that Government’s new health model would be ‘another form of taxation’ or result in loss of benefitsWed Jan 21 2015 - 01:00
Actuaries group warns insurers may need up to €2.4bn for UHI planGroups criticise Government’s proposal for universal health insurance systemWed Jan 21 2015 - 01:00
Strong public criticism further dents prospects for universal health insuranceMany people saw UHI as another taxWed Jan 21 2015 - 01:00
Proposals to restrict discretionary medical cards proposed to Minsters as early as 2009Members of Cabinet warned contentious cuts to key care schemes would be very high riskTue Jan 20 2015 - 01:00
HSE seeks assurances that ‘irregular’ payments at St Vincent’s have ceasedHospitals group was involved in controversy over top-up payments for executivesMon Jan 19 2015 - 01:02
Government considering talks with unions on pay and pensionsCoalition sources dismiss any return to myriad ‘sectional interests’ on key issuesMon Jan 19 2015 - 01:00
Minister for Health says ‘combination of solutions’ needed to resolve A&E crisisINMO members protest outside Leinster House to highlight over-crowdingWed Jan 14 2015 - 15:19
Focus should be outcomes not ambulance response times - VaradkarConfidential report says HIQA ambulance targets cannot be metTue Jan 13 2015 - 14:37
Traditional role of ambulance of moving patient to hospital could face changeControversies have left service facing serious scrutinyTue Jan 13 2015 - 01:01
Ireland too rural for ambulances to meet target response timesImprovements possible only by hiring 290 extra staff at cost of €15m a year, says reportTue Jan 13 2015 - 01:00
Reverse trolley: the hospital crisisRecord numbers of patients on hospital trolleys represent a reversal of the reductions achieved in recent years. The only long-term solution is to spend money in the right areasSat Jan 10 2015 - 06:36
Number of patients waiting for hospital bed increases to over 400Nurses in Beaumont to stage protest in effort to end overcrowdingFri Jan 09 2015 - 12:26
Siptu warns of reaction from lower-paid staff to new pay deal for consultantsUnion says lower paid in public service were understood to be first in queue for pay reviewFri Jan 09 2015 - 01:00
Public service health consultants could hit top pay rate earlierLabour Relations Commission proposals make maximum salary more attainableWed Jan 07 2015 - 19:44
A&E overcrowding may get worse, HSE admitsConsultants warn patients will die without steps to relieve crowded hospital unitsWed Jan 07 2015 - 01:00
Cuts to State pension ‘must be considered’Demographic pressures threaten viability of State pension scheme, say officialsMon Dec 29 2014 - 12:58
Explainer: Ireland’s two State pension schemesThere are currently two State pension schemes: a contributory scheme and a non-contributory schemeMon Dec 29 2014 - 07:03
Workers relying on ‘reformed’ State pension may face a bleak retirementThe number of older people is rising fast and they are living longer, putting pressure on both private and public pension schemesMon Dec 29 2014 - 01:00
Papers show 2008 pay deal agreed despite warnings on economyLenihan told ministers tax shortfall would hit €6.5bn on day pay increases agreedMon Dec 29 2014 - 01:00
