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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
CRC board members discussed paying top-up to new chiefHSE says up to new CRC board to decide on whether to seek Kiely to repay moneySat Jun 21 2014 - 01:00
Hospital staff in Limerick vote for industrial actionImpact members in protest over high levels of executive payFri Jun 20 2014 - 18:14
Senior CRC executives avoided full impact of public service cuts by splitting salariesReport says excess payments made to the former chief executives should be recoveredFri Jun 20 2014 - 01:02
James Reilly says charity should seek repayment from ex-CEOAdministrator says group shielded senior executives from public pay cutsFri Jun 20 2014 - 01:00
Report says board concerned more with its independent than with CEO’s pay levelCRC ‘stonewalled’ HSE on its pay enquiresFri Jun 20 2014 - 01:00
CRC salaries split to avoid public service pay cuts, report findsClinic also criticised over pension deal with former chief executive Paul KielyThu Jun 19 2014 - 13:15
Flannery and Kerins object over PAC treatmentFormer Rehab chief executives claim committee went past its remitWed Jun 18 2014 - 20:59
Unions signal concern at Aer Lingus’ bid for new savings in return for pension fundingUnions say move ‘extremely problematical’Wed Jun 18 2014 - 19:40
Taoiseach’s department makes €25,000 tax settlement over taxisPayment to Revenue Commissioner related to BIKWed Jun 18 2014 - 14:05
Actuaries warn that cost of new capital under UHI will be passed on to consumersBill for capital could be hundreds of millions annually for companiesWed Jun 18 2014 - 01:05
Government’s pay cap does not apply to persons appointed on consultancy contractsPAC concerned at €258,000 paid to managerTue Jun 17 2014 - 11:03
VHI records €65 million surplus for last yearCompany signs four-year reinsurance deal with Berkshire HathawayTue Jun 17 2014 - 08:52
Aviation pension row has potential to cause serious industrial relations problemsAnalysis: all parties studying expert panel findingsTue Jun 17 2014 - 01:00
Aer Lingus and DAA urged to plug pension deficitExpert group's report warns of major benefit cuts if new initiative failsMon Jun 16 2014 - 22:34
Rail union to ballot members on strike actionWorkers in dispute with Iarnród Éireann over cuts and conditionsSun Jun 15 2014 - 13:04
Union withdraws from Iarnród Éireann pay talksMove increases potential for disruption on country’s railways in the weeks aheadSat Jun 14 2014 - 20:19
Progress reported in talks at Iarnród ÉireannRail company plans to impose pay cuts if no deal is reached with trade unionsFri Jun 13 2014 - 20:04
Government may face dilemma on dealing with outstanding top-up paymentsAny move to retain payments likely to be highly controversialFri Jun 13 2014 - 01:05
Savings push as HSE faces potential deficit of €500mMcGuinness calls on health chiefs to quitFri Jun 13 2014 - 01:02
Aer Lingus cabin crew call off strikes next weekMove follows eight hours of talks.A formal recommendation will be issued today.Thu Jun 12 2014 - 01:13
HSE U-turn means some may be allowed to keep top-upsAdditional money will be dropped for future employees in hospitals and health agenciesThu Jun 12 2014 - 01:08
New position of head of Civil Service proposed under reformsRecommendations expected to rule out performance-related payWed Jun 11 2014 - 01:00
Talks on cost-cutting plan at Iarnród Éireann get under wayTalks expected to run until FridayTue Jun 10 2014 - 12:28
Labour Court intervenes in Aer Lingus disputeManagement at airline and the trade union Impact invited to a hearing on WednesdayMon Jun 09 2014 - 20:19
Country facing growing summer of discontent in several sectorsThe Aer Lingus strike is just one of a number of disputesMon Jun 09 2014 - 01:00
Mueller warns Aer Lingus staff about job securityTrade union Impact accuses airline of not negotiating in good faithMon Jun 09 2014 - 00:50
Aer Lingus says planned crew strikes are ‘reckless’Airline accuses Impact union of cynically distoring positionSun Jun 08 2014 - 13:04
