Sixty-seven human trafficking victims identified by gardaí in 2024 Figure is a 25% increase on 2023 and brings to 633 the number of individuals formally identified since 2013Thu Nov 27 2025 - 19:27
What are the new family reunification rules for migrant workers? The Government is tightening rules to bring them in line with other EU countries, but critics say the new policies are too restrictive Wed Nov 26 2025 - 18:26
Fame could cut musicians’ lifespan as much as casual smoking does, study suggestsPopular singers die four years earlier than less famous ones, researchers findTue Nov 25 2025 - 23:30
Strike action at Carroll’s meats suspended for talksMore than 100 production line workers had taken industrial actionFri Nov 21 2025 - 18:05
Overseas workers appeal for changes to income rules so children can join them in IrelandMany on general visas, including meat packers and healthcare assistants, do not meet thresholdThu Nov 20 2025 - 20:14
Siptu members at Carroll’s meats to stage two further work stoppagesDispute is over pay and conditions as well as union recognitionThu Nov 20 2025 - 16:43
Unemployment rate hits four-year high in latest CSO Labour Force Survey Rise primarily driven by significant increases in the rates of joblessness among those aged between 15 and 24 Thu Nov 20 2025 - 13:11
FAI and Siptu hold talks at WRC over ongoing redundancy programmeDiscussions ended without agreement on Wednesday with further meeting planned for FridayWed Nov 19 2025 - 15:50
AI likely to be used to organise and undermine next general election, committee hearsExpert characterises artificial intelligence as the ‘asbestos of social relationships’ Wed Nov 19 2025 - 06:00
AI use creating recruitment ‘doom loop’ for job seekers and employers, hiring platform saysAlmost half of job applicants surveyed in Ireland say they lost trust in the hiring process, research from Greenhouse findsTue Nov 18 2025 - 12:00
Public consultation opened on right to request remote workingGovernment seeks views on whether legislation that came into effect last year is ‘effective and responsive’Tue Nov 18 2025 - 07:08
Siptu’s new leader: ‘Working people view the Government as having abandoned them’Incoming Siptu general secretary John King on the labour movement today and his hopes for a left-led governmentSat Nov 15 2025 - 06:00
Reinstatement or re-engagement in unfair dismissals cases on the rise, conference toldCompensation remains the most common remedy in such instancesFri Nov 14 2025 - 18:08
Almost a third of newly qualified doctors from Irish universities move abroadLess than half of doctors who leave Ireland return within ten years, new census figures indicateFri Nov 14 2025 - 14:56
Cancer services being hit by HSE’s failure to recruit qualified graduates, conference hears Treatment machines under-utilised or closed for cancer services due to Pay and Numbers Strategy, says Siptu Thu Nov 13 2025 - 17:12
‘We are eternally grateful’: Siptu delegates hail Michael D Higgins as returning heroFormer president presented with portrait by union’s general secretary at Galway conferenceThu Nov 13 2025 - 15:30
Hybrid working still a ‘red hot’ issue, say worker representativesUnion reps push back on idea hybrid working is a problemThu Nov 13 2025 - 14:49
Ex-Labour Court deputy chair set to be reappointed after interviews for vacant other postAlan Haugh’s reappointment was vetoed by the Department of Public Expenditure in September as he had already served two terms Thu Nov 13 2025 - 10:00
Intellectual disability services under strain as private firms expand, care assistant says Care assistant tells Siptu conference increasing use of for-profit providers is undermining both personnel and service qualityWed Nov 12 2025 - 14:00
Unions will fight for next round of public sector pay increases, new Siptu leader saysJohn King says unions have had no indication yet whether the Government wishes to negotiate another multi-year dealTue Nov 11 2025 - 18:52
ECJ ruling that EU Adequate Minimum Wage directive is valid welcomed by unions Court found that the EU had exceeded its powers in two specific areas of the directive but upheld the validity of a majority of its provisionsTue Nov 11 2025 - 15:14
Cost of training chefs contributing to skills shortages in restaurant kitchensCork group says it received 200 applications for one apprenticeship but cannot afford to train moreTue Nov 11 2025 - 06:00
Ireland’s Traveller and Roma communities still face high unemployment rates, event hears Greater awareness, combined with supports and accommodations, can boost job prospectsMon Nov 10 2025 - 19:55
Siptu serves strike notice on Carroll’s meatsUnion plans two 12 hour stoppages this monthFri Nov 07 2025 - 18:09
Government publishes action plan on promoting collective bargaining Move had been keenly awaited by Ireland’s employers’ groups and trade unionsWed Nov 05 2025 - 06:54
‘Contradiction’ in Irish housebuilding stymies supply, Oireachtas committee told Housing committee hears planning delays add tens of thousands of euro to eventual purchase price of homesTue Nov 04 2025 - 22:27
HSE managers to get up to €32,000 each in back pay forgone after financial crashLabour Court decision has roots in 2007 report recommending 5% wage riseThu Oct 30 2025 - 18:57
Increases to scheme intended to support employment of people with disabilities lacks logic, say organisationsBusinesses believe move to merge bands cuts scale of increases to many larger employers and undermines participation in Wage Subsidy SchemeThu Oct 30 2025 - 17:05
Revenue promises ‘pragmatic’ approach for Fastway contractors with cashflow issuesSome drivers are owed more that €100,000 by collapsed courier company, road haulage association says Thu Oct 30 2025 - 07:25
Some Fastway hauliers are owed more than €100,000, representatives say Job losses to be felt across country, with up to 1,000 drivers affected as management pulls the plug with no notice Wed Oct 29 2025 - 20:24
Councils get €70m property tax boost as revaluations and new properties add to potDublin changes will bring €16.5m in new revenues to the council after voluntary cut was scrappedMon Oct 27 2025 - 06:00
Theft tourism, romance fraud and the odd kidnapping: On duty with gardaí at Dublin Airport‘It’s a different world’, says the superintendent responsible for policing the country’s biggest airportMon Oct 27 2025 - 06:00
AI bias in recruiting leading to shortage of top candidates, Ibec event told Women the main victims of AI filters including gaps in work historyWed Oct 22 2025 - 17:21
Speed dating for charities: ‘I wouldn’t say no to an accountant’More than 200 would-be board members attend event aimed at channeling experience and skills into organisations trying to help others Wed Oct 22 2025 - 06:00
More employers insist on four and five days in officeGovernment rules on remote working have had little impactWed Oct 22 2025 - 06:00
Chinese chef who worked 73 hours a week but had to ‘repay’ most of wages awarded €155,000He was often left with €60 after paying off debt related to work permit and recruitment, WRC hearsMon Oct 20 2025 - 17:52
Garda recruitment drive sees significant interest from over-30s and ethnic minoritiesEager to grow, An Garda Siochana receives over 11,000 job applications in 2025 Mon Oct 20 2025 - 11:54
Consultants not empowered to manage colleagues effectively, conference toldConsultants can’t ‘manage risks in a meaningful way’ owing to lack of ‘budgetary or financial control’, says CHI clinical directorSun Oct 19 2025 - 15:26
Doctors need support coping with anxiety after making a mistake at work, conference toldMeasures to curb growth in State’s €5bn medical liability to take effect next yearSat Oct 18 2025 - 21:46
Union lodges WRC case over UCD move to bring staff back on site at least three days a weekMembers angry that new policy ignores local requirements and varying workload through the yearFri Oct 17 2025 - 21:43
Health unions trigger review of HSE staffing, citing 6,000 vacancies March deal on pay and conditions allows for early evaluation if unions believe changes not being implementedFri Oct 17 2025 - 18:02
One young woman’s story of loneliness in Dublin Trinity student Alex Griu says there is much more socialising in open-air settings in her native MoldovaThu Oct 16 2025 - 16:21
Young people report higher levels of loneliness than their elders doThose aged 16 to 24 felt ‘lonely most or all of the time over past four weeks’, says OECD reportThu Oct 16 2025 - 15:04
At least 1,000 new GPs required to maintain patient ratios, says representative groupCare of ageing population the greatest challenge facing the health service in next five years, says ICGPWed Oct 15 2025 - 19:36
Refusal of department to allow representation of Defence Forces chaplains ‘outrageous’Tánaiste says he wants to see issue addressed as he attends meeting of officers’ organisation Wed Oct 15 2025 - 06:51
Cadets should enlist as Privates first to boost earnings, says Defence Forces organisationNearly 200 cadets in Defence Forces are paid below minimum wage, says RacoTue Oct 14 2025 - 17:10
Nurses serves notice of industrial action at Mayo University HospitalNurses union says emergency department staffing levels are unsafeFri Oct 10 2025 - 17:37
Services for separated children seeking international protection ‘overstretched’ Unaccompanied minors from countries including Ukraine, Somalia and Afghanistan facing difficulties in run-up to adulthoodFri Oct 10 2025 - 06:00
Release of Gaza hostages expected next week and Trump to attend signing ceremony in EgyptThe Israeli military has begun preparing to implement the agreement, it said on social mediaThu Oct 09 2025 - 19:57
Kodaline announce ‘bittersweet’ decision to split up Band, who began by busking in Dublin, to record fifth and final album Thu Oct 09 2025 - 16:00
