Agreement reached on redundancy terms for staff at BD Drogheda plant
Final deal is understood to provide for staff to receive six weeks pay per year
Family of stonemason killed while working on Limerick bridge settle High Court action
Bryan Whelan died along with TJ Herlihy after the steel cable attached to the cage they were working from at Thomond Bridge snapped
Private sector unions should seek 7% pay increases next year, Ictu says
Remuneration hike would help make up for impact of inflation in previous years, union group claims
Asylum seekers protest outside Dáil after having to leave ‘cold weather accommodation’
Irish Refugee Council criticises ‘illogical’ move by State authorities which is understood to impact around 135 men
Local authorities not doing enough to address air, water and noise pollution, EPA says
EPA says performance of six councils - Westmeath, Galway City, Waterford, Wexford, Sligo and Kilkenny – ‘not good enough’
Number of jobseeker’s allowance recipients sanctioned this year set to double
Payment reductions imposed on 9,000 people up to end of October compared with 5,200 for entirety of 2023, figures show
Dun Laoghaire election 2024 results: Richard Boyd Barrett, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill elected
Richie Boyd Barrett and Cormac Devlin both exceed quota after Shane O’Brien’s votes distributed
Dún Laoghaire: Cormac Devlin (FF)
Fianna Fáil TD was youngest ever member of local council when elected in 2004
Craft workers’ union Connect the latest to back industrial action in HSE
Result of ballot run over recent weeks endorsed by Connect’s executive on Thursday
Gemma Hussey remembered as a ‘trailblazer’ politician in humanist funeral ceremony
Ms Hussey’s daughter Rachel said it was fitting that the service was taking place on the day of an election and in a room next door to where votes would be counted
Crunch time looms for CIÉ pensioners as they voice fears for the future
Retired personnel say their living standards are being eroded, with some facing poverty as their pensions have been frozen for 15 years