Rail strike analysis: Sometimes strikes unavoidable as parties so far apartMinster says industrial relations machinery will engage at appropriate timeMon Aug 25 2014 - 01:00
Action over pay cuts hits 60,000 commuters on first dayWorkers say productivity deal agreed but company came back looking for moreMon Aug 25 2014 - 01:00
Rail strike disrupting travel for 160,000 passengersIndustrial action to hit All-Ireland football semi-final between Mayo and KerrySun Aug 24 2014 - 11:19
Union blames Government and Irish Rail for train strikeNBRU says it is ‘regrettable’ dispute will hit public as 160,000 face disruptionSat Aug 23 2014 - 15:36
Irish Rail chief to return early from holiday in advance of strikeCompany set to lose €500,000 in State funding if services cancelled as plannedFri Aug 22 2014 - 00:20
Tests under way for Ebola following Donegal deathMan who died had been working in an area of Africa affected by the virus outbreakThu Aug 21 2014 - 18:11
FF seeks debate on publication of GP and dentist earningsHSE removed details of payments from websiteTue Jul 29 2014 - 16:18
Talks to take place in dispute over executive pay at Limerick hospital groupImpact members have been undertaking industrial action over what they view as ‘excessive’ payTue Jul 29 2014 - 15:15
Consultants’ pay could reach €175,000 under new Government proposalsHigher payments would come from mix of staged rises and long-term incrementsTue Jul 29 2014 - 01:02
High-powered review group composed of individuals of wide-ranging experienceMembers had expertise in policing, law public adminstration and governanceMon Jul 28 2014 - 14:59
State facing €1 billion bill for medical negligence claimsCost of clinical claims estimated to riseMon Jul 28 2014 - 01:05
Government set to cut Hiqa budget to recoup alleged overpayment to senior directorsHiqa says it received official approval to pay amounts to directorsMon Jul 28 2014 - 01:01
New consultant deal offers retrospective lump sumsSenior figures say move does not mean general public sector cuts under Croke Park and Haddington Road agreements will be reversedMon Jul 28 2014 - 01:00
Hospital consultants to be offered 24% pay riseIncreases would see entry-level salaries rise to maximum €175,000Sat Jul 26 2014 - 01:00
Minister for Transport defends plan for privatisation of bus routesMove aimed at securing better service at the same cost, says Paschal DonohoeFri Jul 25 2014 - 01:08
New estimates suggest HSE will face deficit of €450m-€500m for the yearSupplementary funding expected in autumnFri Jul 25 2014 - 01:01
Hospital consultants seek increased funding and staffingIHCA warns of excessive cuts, Howlin says health spending has been static since 2011Thu Jul 24 2014 - 13:54
Ministers told to rein in spending and allow for tax cutsGovernment plans to ease tax burden on low- and middle-income familiesThu Jul 24 2014 - 01:07
Siptu committee rejects airline pension planImpact to ballot on proposals to resolve row with Aer Lingus and Dublin Airport Authority over insolvent retirement schemeThu Jul 24 2014 - 01:00
Cabinet agrees €44m water charge subsidies and plan for free GP care for childrenPlan for free GP cards for all children over the next three yearsWed Jul 23 2014 - 16:19
Siptu says HSE has ‘gone soft’ on pay top-up for senior managersUnion criticises move by HSE to seek approval for agencies to retain top-up payWed Jul 23 2014 - 12:27
Unite provides €10,000 to support striking Greyhound workers in DublinTrade union delegation visits picket line at the waste recycling facilityWed Jul 23 2014 - 01:00
Staff at Limerick hospitals protest over pay of executiveManager, employed under a contract, was paid €258,000 over a 13-month periodTue Jul 22 2014 - 13:10
New union chief to campaign for the early reversal of pay cuts for higher civil servantsNew secretary general appointed to AHCPSTue Jul 22 2014 - 08:51
Plan to cut €10m from health spend with GMS scheme savings is shelvedAdditional savings to come from reference pricing initiativeTue Jul 22 2014 - 01:00
Over €100,000 paid to 24 bosses at funded bodiesHSE gives Oireachtas Committee details of executive pay levels in grant-aided bodiesTue Jul 22 2014 - 01:00
HSE defends filling 1,100 posts without interviewsFG senator says taking such action ‘wrong’ and calls for review of hiring proceduresSun Jul 20 2014 - 18:07
Stoppage by bus workers next Wednesday is deferredLRC to host talks in privatisation disputeFri Jul 18 2014 - 18:46
Iarnród pay cut plan ‘provocative’ says rail unionNBRU to ballot 500 members at State train operator on action up to and including strikeFri Jul 18 2014 - 17:54
Unions say no room for tax cuts next yearIctu budget submission urges that water charges be restricted to high-income homesThu Jul 17 2014 - 12:27
Bus workers to stage 90-minute stoppageNBRU members to organise protest march in Dublin next WednesdayWed Jul 16 2014 - 14:29
Bus privatisation will ‘inevitably’ mean industrial unrestSiptu says proposals for some bus routes are flawed and a bad deal for passengers and staffTue Jul 15 2014 - 15:45
New plans for regulation of assisted human reproduction by the end of the yearDepartment of Health to submit proposals to GovernentTue Jul 15 2014 - 01:00
Hospital chief will receive the prevailing pay rate from January under new contractNew pay rate set at €136,000 per yearTue Jul 15 2014 - 01:00
New “super junior” will have to oversee key issues of low pay and collective bargainingIncreased wage rates likely to face oppositionSat Jul 12 2014 - 01:01
Siptu members reject cost-saving plan at Iarnród ÉireannMove increases chances of strike action by rail workersFri Jul 11 2014 - 12:52
Hospitals’ income increased by €30million in first five months of the yearGovernment raised private bed charges last yearFri Jul 11 2014 - 01:01
Strike at South Dublin County Council avertedUnion accepts Labour Relations Commission proposals aimed at resolving disputeWed Jul 09 2014 - 21:12
GP and assistant claimed for work at centre that closed two years earlierAudit finds deficiencies in addiction servicesTue Jul 08 2014 - 01:00
Garth Brooks gigs may get new dates to save Croke Park showsApplication for five gigs held over six days may be fast-trackedMon Jul 07 2014 - 07:58
Siptu to decide on pay cut proposals for staff at Iarnród ÉireannRally and march to take place over strike at Greyhound bin-collection companyMon Jul 07 2014 - 01:01
Over 60 health managers claim legal rights to top-up payAdditional payments ended for 43 executivesFri Jul 04 2014 - 01:01
HSE wants recovery of any excess payments made to former CRC chief executivePaul Kiely and other senior staff had been shielded from the full effects of public service pay cutsFri Jul 04 2014 - 01:01
Former CRC chairman says board dismissed by HSE at a few hours notice last DecemberGoulding says HSE threatened to withdraw funds from the CRCFri Jul 04 2014 - 01:01
60 health managers claiming entitlement to top-up paymentsPAC hears individuals are seeking to have payments continued on individualised basisThu Jul 03 2014 - 15:23
Outsourcing hid breaches of salary caps from HSEHealth body deserves praise for its audits but did not always ask right questionsSat Jun 21 2014 - 10:35
