Storm Austen: Unions confirm council staff on industrial action to carry out emergency work as needed
Met Éireann issues status-orange rain warnings for Thursday night when the storm tracks past Ireland’s south coast
‘Mania’ for adopting AI to cut costs poses long-term risks, Ibec chief warns
Profits could be diverted to the tech giants
Auto-enrolment changing pensions landscape as employers make schemes mandatory, says Ibec
Employers also increasingly requiring hybrid workers to attend office, according to survey
Defence Forces officers earning as little as €4 an hour for working overtime
Issue of low cadet starting pay – about €25,000 – also raised at Raco union annual conference
New public sector pay deal could be struck within days, union leader suggests
Two sides met for first time for talks proper at Workplace Relations Commission on Monday
Any pay deal reached with unions must have productivity elements, says Taoiseach
Fórsa chief Kevin Callinan says unions would now test whether Government has understood protesters’ position
Talks on new public sector pay deal to begin on Monday after sides agree framework
Negotiations set to get under way at Workplace Relations Commission after agreement on process reached
How Ireland’s first national public sector strike in 17 years left unions strong and Jack Chambers ‘scrambling’
Negotiating a deal that is good for the Government will still be a challenge once Chambers gets all parties around a table
Wednesday’s public sector strike called off after unions and Government agree on talks
Two sides to enter a ‘focused and intensive exercise’ aimed at agreeing a basis for formal negotiations
Jack Chambers ‘hopeful’ of ‘way forward’ to prevent further public sector strike
Stoppage next week ‘absolutely’ still on as things stand, union leader Kevin Callinan says
Government seeks ‘negotiation process’ to avoid second round of public sector strikes
Union sources play down suggestion of fresh Government initiative, though informal contacts continue
Time to get down to business? Public opinion may shift if second strike takes place
With some of the unions not paying any strike pay, the strikers will feel the impact of their own action in their pockets
Unions urge Taoiseach to intervene in bid to avert public sector strike
Fórsa leader Kevin Callinan calls for ‘intervention from top of Government’ to break deadlock on talks
Public sector pay can be discussed as ‘priority’ with unions ahead of strike, Minister says
More than 300,000 workers set for one-day work stoppage over prioritisation of pay in talks
Public-sector strike by more than 300,000 workers set to go ahead
First stoppage on Wednesday by more than 300,000 workers appears almost inevitable