Hybrid working gains made during pandemic must be protected, Fórsa election document says
Pay increases that go above rate of inflation among other key issues next government must address, says union
General election: Housing battle sharpens as parties clash on rent freezes
General election: Taoiseach to announce abolition of means test for carers
‘I am very worried for my son’: Mother calls for release of Belfast man detained in Dubai
Craig Ballentine (33) held under ‘slander’ law over negative Google review of dog grooming centre where he had worked
‘Would you employ a teacher to run the Central Bank?’: Readers deeply divided on Michael O’Leary’s remarks
Some Irish Times readers say that public representatives should be representative of wider society while others believe that Fine Gael’s response fell short
‘Most drug users are functioning people. They go to work, go to college’
‘There’s an awful lot of people who are habitually using drugs ... and a survey would fail to capture that’
Young people urged to ensure name is on register of electors
About 600,000 people below age 30 eligible to vote, potentially one-fifth of electorate, says National Youth Council of Ireland
Minister defends Fine Gael’s oversight of spending and toilet upgrade costs of over €825,000
Peter Burke says money generally well spent but Michael Fitzmaurice says wasted public money in Ireland would ‘run a smaller country’
Childcare fees set to increase at 600 Government-funded services
Department of Children has received applications for fee increases from more than 800 childcare providers
An Post worker who claimed she was penalised over ‘whacked’ chair complaint has case rejected
Labour Court upholds €1,000 award, however, for age-related harassment after comment about ‘her vintage’ of music
New pay deal for almost 50,000 construction workers set to be approved
Sectoral Employment Order expected to be discussed by Oireachtas and Dáil committee on Wednesday before being signed by Minister on Thursday
New measures implemented after baby’s death: ‘It had been a long labour, the ward was empty and I remember feeling very much alone’
Baby Ollie Buckley died at the Rotunda Hospital in September 2022 and his death was recorded as sudden unexplained postnatal collapse
General election: Cap of €200 on childcare fees and 30,000 extra places promised by Labour
Extra staff and improved pay sector proposed at party’s policy launch
Almost 50% of Dublin companies believe working from home makes no difference to productivity
Businesses flag traffic congestion and housing as key issues, with focus on Greater Dublin area
Former CIÉ employees ‘having to watch what they eat’
Transport group’s pensioners protest against their benefits being frozen at 2008 levels
Award of €40,000 to prison officer almost a decade ago quashed over lack of evidence of disability
Long-running case involving prison officer Robert Cunningham was the subject of a High Court action before being referred back to the Labour Court