Some 2,000 hospital staff vote for strikeRow centres over proposals to end weekend premium working for porters, catering staffFri Oct 10 2014 - 01:00
Government shelves plans for statutory patient safety authorityKey element of Reilly's health reforms scrapped in favour of internal HSE bodyThu Oct 09 2014 - 01:00
Extra holidays may be on cards for some civil servantsMore leave would be in return for lower paid workers moving from weekly to fortnightly payTue Oct 07 2014 - 10:39
State faces €100m bill as doctors take case over pay dealConsultants to sue over Government’s failure to pay wage increases of up to €40,000 per year promised under 2008 contractMon Oct 06 2014 - 12:05
HSE rejects claims waiting lists falsifiedMemo suggests HSE advised manipulation of ‘long waiter’ figures to meet targetsMon Oct 06 2014 - 10:31
Patients ‘dying unnecessarily’ waiting for hospital bedsIrish Hospital Consultants Association president says health system is in crisisSat Oct 04 2014 - 13:20
Health chief questions public service pay-for-change formulaJim Breslin tells hospital consultants budget unlikely to provide funds to meet all demandsSat Oct 04 2014 - 11:40
Varadkar described Reilly pay cut for new consultants as a “mistake”, claims IHCAConsultants say partial reversal of 30 per cent reduction does not go far enoughSat Oct 04 2014 - 01:00
IMO votes not to carry out review into McNeice pension dealLeadership of union warned process could be costly and run into legal difficultiesFri Oct 03 2014 - 21:19
More train strikes averted as unions accept pay cut planMembers of NBRU voted in favour by 61% to 39%, while Siptu vote was 79% to 21%Fri Oct 03 2014 - 15:50
New hospital group chief to earn €220,000Former head of cancer programme to retain her current terms and conditionsFri Oct 03 2014 - 11:28
IMO members to decide on review of McNeice retirement packageOutcome of ballot due todayFri Oct 03 2014 - 06:00
Civil servant who stepped down from Justice to move to HSEBrian Purcell to be new head of compliance in Health Service ExecutiveThu Oct 02 2014 - 01:00
Varadkar says he not looking for ‘loads of extra money’Minister for Health wants to hold health spending at 2014 levelWed Oct 01 2014 - 07:42
HSE managers to be re-deployed to fill new hospital group chief executive postsHSE was unable to fill positions after recent competitionTue Sept 30 2014 - 12:33
National Gallery warns against new funding planGallery says changes to State funding process would compromise its ‘perceived independence’Sat Sept 27 2014 - 09:16
Five farmers overpaid by average of €116,000 each last yearC&AG’s reports reveals errors and fraud in rent supplement of some €20m in 2013Fri Sept 26 2014 - 16:54
Increase in applications to HSE to retain top-up pay for managersAgencies claim managers had contractual entitlement to additional paymentsThu Sept 25 2014 - 01:00
More GPs work for HSE than ever before - VaradkarFamily doctors to stage protest amid claims general practice at breaking pointWed Sept 24 2014 - 13:01
Dublin Bus heading for 'more stable financial future'Company reduced costs by €60m per yearTue Sept 23 2014 - 14:30
Pickets to resume at Kishoge Community College building siteUnite says row over alleged under-payments to workers could escalateMon Sept 22 2014 - 01:00
Greyhound workers to vote on revised pay proposalsDeal would see some staff getting redundancy and others being compensatedSun Sept 21 2014 - 16:46
Pickets placed on school building site in DublinTrade union claims some bricklayers were earning less than €5 per hourFri Sept 19 2014 - 18:14
Brendan Howlin offers €600m in spending across departments‘Leeway’ of €600m in next month’s budget, Minister tells CabinetThu Sept 18 2014 - 01:00
Talks on revised GP contracts to start next monthIMO and Government to look at scope, content and fee structure to applyWed Sept 17 2014 - 20:06
Donohoe says tendering for bus routes means ‘greater choice’Unions warns move could lead to industrial actionWed Sept 17 2014 - 15:38
Varadkar says cutting 700 health staff a month not possibleMinister says meeting Government targets would require compulsory redundanciesWed Sept 17 2014 - 01:00
HSE says up to 700 jobs per month must go to meet new cutsDepartment of Health and HSE say service told to reduce number of whole-time employeesTue Sept 16 2014 - 02:23
Medical bodies criticise official doubts over alleged exodus of GPsIMO says Department of Health data is misleadingSat Sept 13 2014 - 01:00
Varadkar says he does not expect health cuts set out by his department to go aheadTaoiseach says no decisions have been made on health spending in budgetSat Sept 13 2014 - 01:00
Health crisis: cuts would lead to ‘draconian’ measuresDepartment warns emergency departments would close at nightFri Sept 12 2014 - 01:02
Report casts doubt on GP exodusDepartment of Health report says more GPs working in State schemes than beforeFri Sept 12 2014 - 01:00
Health department warns against more funding cutsReport says health needs €500 million moreFri Sept 12 2014 - 01:00
Insurers welcome Varadkar proposals for health insurance price dealCompanies warn stamp duty not only driver of cost increasesTue Sept 09 2014 - 01:01
Department of Health says it told James Reilly more work required on his reform proposalsBriefing material given to new Minister forHealth Leo Varadkar said proposals were “unworkable”Tue Sept 09 2014 - 01:01
Medical organisations called it right on consultants’ pay cutIt can be argued that the Government’s decision to cut the pay rate of consultants has backfiredTue Sept 09 2014 - 01:00
James Reilly says controversial health service reform proposals were part of agreed Government policyOfficial Department of Health briefing material given to Leo Varadkar described proposals as “unworkable”Mon Sept 08 2014 - 01:01
Why Leo Varadkar is looking at the private health insurance sectorMinister for Health aims to stabilise turmoil in the sector as people give up private policiesMon Sept 08 2014 - 01:01
Review into departure of Aer Lingus Training OmbudsmanGilroy says she could not persuade review board of her concernsMon Sept 08 2014 - 01:00
HSE buys Mount Carmel Hospital for reported €11 millionFacility is likely to be used for step-down careSun Sept 07 2014 - 17:35
Varadkar told Reilly’s reform proposals were ‘unworkable’Plans involved establishing number of agencies to replace the HSEFri Sept 05 2014 - 20:57
Weekend rail strike averted after late-night dealManagement to withdraw pay cuts of between 1.7 and 6 per cent for three weeksWed Sept 03 2014 - 06:29
IMO to put hospital consultant pay proposals to ballotProposals are ‘an improvement but do not restore full parity’Wed Sept 03 2014 - 00:55
IMO calls for new Government approach to free GP careDoctors should be taken seriously as stakeholder in the health service, union saysTue Sept 02 2014 - 19:43
Talks aimed at ending Iarnród Éireann pay dispute continueUnions have planned to stage further strikes on Sunday and MondayTue Sept 02 2014 - 19:12
Government looks at establishing new wage- setting system for waste management sectorMove comes as Greyhound dispute continuesTue Sept 02 2014 - 01:00
Enda Kenny warns against further rail strike actionTaoiseach calls on both sides to continue talks aimed at avoiding two-day stoppageMon Sept 01 2014 - 09:30
Haddington road to frame hospital consultant dealIHCA criticism of pay proposals rejected as body not party to Haddington accordSat Aug 30 2014 - 08:56
