Parents face €400 monthly cost-hike due to creches’ withdrawal from Core Funding scheme Fonthill Lodge group said requirement to freeze fees threatens the survival of two childcare facilitiesMon Jul 20 2026 - 20:15
Payment of up to €20,000 proposed to settle school staff pension disputeSchool secretaries and caretakers aged 40 or over would get tax-free lump sums under Labour Court recommendation Mon Jul 20 2026 - 11:12
Thousands of creche and early education staff to be balloted on pay proposalsOffers by two main representative bodies ‘unfair and unacceptable’, Siptu saysFri Jul 17 2026 - 15:49
Paramedics vote to accept pay proposals as dispute with HSE endsPackage provides for pay increases of up to 23 per cent in some instances, with ballot conducted in recent weeksFri Jul 17 2026 - 12:43
Increase of 79c per hour to minimum wage recommended to Minister by pay commissionPeter Burke not obliged to proceed with increase but such recommendations have always previously been approvedThu Jul 16 2026 - 20:31
Nurses and university lecturers latest public sector groups to ballot for industrial actionIFUT union says Government allowed recent pay deal to expire ‘without a credible process to replace it’Tue Jul 14 2026 - 20:30
Strike by some staff at dementia care facility in Dublin set to proceedHousekeeping staff at St Joseph’s nursing home in Shankill are seeking to be regraded Tue Jul 14 2026 - 17:26
Sharp reduction in professional vacancies in Ireland hits pay and conditions, report finds The average number of onsite days required by employers continues to edge upwardsTue Jul 14 2026 - 06:00
Ireland is not experiencing a downturn, we are told. But the threat of one is very realLatest figures from Morgan McKinley show a sharp decline in the number of professional job vacanciesTue Jul 14 2026 - 05:00
Customers unlikely to see drop in prices due to VAT cut for restaurants, Harris saysMove helping hospitality sector and hairdressers is expected to cost €681m and has attracted criticismTue Jun 30 2026 - 19:46
Government introduces VAT cut for hospitality sector despite criticismControversial policy measure has been heavily criticised by economists since its announcement in Budget 2026Tue Jun 30 2026 - 16:17
‘A kind, caring, beautiful soul’: Tributes paid to three Irish people killed in Spain car crashMinute’s silence heald at Westmeath County Council meeting in memory of Mullingar locals Mon Jun 29 2026 - 21:55
New retirement rules come into effect today. How will they affect workers and employers?Under the new legislation, employees have a right to decline to leave work before age 66Mon Jun 29 2026 - 07:00
Workers’ rights must be factored in when awarding public procurement contracts, say unions Siptu calls on Government to put fair employment conditions at the heart of its first National Public Procurement StrategyMon Jun 29 2026 - 06:00
Staff at English language school in Limerick told process under way to restart classes Student Campus staff to be offered their jobs back and contracts with students will be honouredSun Jun 28 2026 - 16:55
‘I need to keep working’: The people aiming to stay employed until at least 66Until now, many people working in the private sector have been obliged to retire from their jobs when they turn 65Sun Jun 28 2026 - 06:00
Why is it so hot and when will Ireland’s ‘exceptionally warm weather’ end?Thunderstorms and overcast conditions will bring heat wave to conclusion - though high temperatures will persist in EuropeFri Jun 26 2026 - 14:11
Foreign language students in Limerick ‘left in dark’ over school’s futureStudent Campus on Patrick Street in the city has been closed in recent weeksThu Jun 25 2026 - 06:00
Theatre staff at five hospitals across State to stage two-day strike Perfusionists had suspended stoppages, but will now strike for two days next weekWed Jun 24 2026 - 22:05
Ryanair condemns arson attack on houses occupied by its staff in SwordsSeven houses in Fosterstown area of north Dublin suburb targeted during incident in which wheelie bins were set alightTue Jun 23 2026 - 22:14
Uisce Éireann prosecuted by environment watchdog on ‘35 occasions’ over wastewater discharge Oireachtas group hears that problems ongoing due to investment and operational problemsTue Jun 23 2026 - 19:33
Union urges RTÉ to show ‘moral courage’ and rethink decision to broadcast Israel gamesBroadcaster references ‘contractual obligation’ to show Nations League matches in September and OctoberTue Jun 23 2026 - 18:27
Thousands of retail workers struggling financially over inability to get full-time contractsSubstantial share would remain below poverty line even on full-time hours, ESRI study showsTue Jun 23 2026 - 06:00
Quarter of women on maternity leave got no top-up pay from employerCSO figures highlight stark difference between the treatment of women working in the public and private sectorsFri Jun 19 2026 - 15:45
Health union official appointed as new general secretary of ASTILinda Kelly to succeed Kieran Christie as head of union representing more than 20,000 secondary teachersThu Jun 18 2026 - 20:52
Unions told to prepare for strike ballot as no basis for public sector pay talks in placePreliminary meetings fail to find common ground, with current deal set to expire on July 1stThu Jun 18 2026 - 18:27
Staff at St John of God facility to strike over regrading rowNursing home provides residential, respite and day dementia care Thu Jun 18 2026 - 16:13
Key issues on future for An Post underlie tensions with Minister‘Talk of resignations and expression of frustration’ over CEO pay, borrowing limits and strategyThu Jun 18 2026 - 06:00
Row erupts between An Post and Minister over proposed €360,000 salary for new CEODirectors held special meeting last Friday and have written to Patrick O’Donovan about their concernsThu Jun 18 2026 - 06:00
Law intended to allow people work until 66th birthday to come into effect on June 29thAct should allow workers to bridge gap until State pension ageWed Jun 17 2026 - 21:52
‘I don’t think AI is here to take my job’: Young professionals have their say on new technologyDespite fears that artificial intelligence could make jobs more scarce in certain sectors, many young people say their careers could benefit from use of new technologies Wed Jun 17 2026 - 06:00
Government urged to use EU presidency to ensure support provided for Ukrainian soldiers returning to workplaceUnions need to use influence and skill to be part of rebuilding process in countries hit by conflict, Dublin conference hearsTue Jun 16 2026 - 21:44
Siptu members at Castolin Eutectic to take industrial action over redundancy termsCompany says it would not implement the provisions recommended by Labour CourtTue Jun 16 2026 - 18:29
Budget 2027: Tax changes for workers and more affordable childcare set to be prioritiesNational Economic Dialogue event will hear childcare and tax moves central to next budgetMon Jun 15 2026 - 06:00
Strike action by heart surgery theatre staff suspended to allow for new talksFourteen operations, including two in Crumlin Children’s Hospital, postponed due to actionFri Jun 12 2026 - 15:22
Garda administrative staff set to ballot on industrial actionDispute centres on access to internal promotions for staff, who are not members of the force itselfFri Jun 12 2026 - 12:27
Budget needs to protect real wages and deliver help to SMEs, says accountancy bodyChartered Accountants Ireland warns of falling confidence among small firmsThu Jun 11 2026 - 06:00
Striking theatre staff say settling pay claim would save HSE substantial agency costsDozen elective cardiac operations cancelled because of action by specialist perfusionistsTue Jun 09 2026 - 13:30
Key hospital operating theatre staff at five Irish hospitals to strike tomorrowPerfusionists operate machinery that performs heart and lung functions during surgeryMon Jun 08 2026 - 18:46
Jeremy Corbyn: ‘The disillusionment with Labour is huge’Former UK Labour leader tells The Irish Times Keir Starmer’s 2024 election victory was ‘loveless landslide’Sun Jun 07 2026 - 12:00
Prominent MP tells Dublin event UK Labour Party faces ‘chaos’ if Andy Burnham fails to win byelectionJohn McDonnell says Keir Starmer has lost public confidence and no other candidate has the support to replace himSat Jun 06 2026 - 18:02
Omniplex employee awarded €29,000 over lack of disability accommodationConditions sought included avoiding late shifts, rostering two days off at a time and access to quiet room Fri Jun 05 2026 - 13:52
Irish teenagers as young as 13 worried about career impact of artificial intelligenceResearch project finds enthusiasm tempered by concern for safety regulationThu Jun 04 2026 - 21:46
Unions to recommend ambulance workers accept proposals to settle pay dispute Majority of the 1,800 staff who took industrial action would stand to receive significant increases to their basic payThu Jun 04 2026 - 21:28
Brave new world of remote working in rural areas yet to materialiseThere has not been a widespread migration out of Dublin and other urban centres, Trinity Business School research suggestsThu Jun 04 2026 - 06:00
Parents missing out because Coalition delaying on benefit promise, says IctuConfirmation that public consultation would mark first step in introducing benefit, but no time frame for launchMon Jun 01 2026 - 06:00
Ireland’s great AI job displacement: ‘Every employer, every worker should be talking about this’Employers and unions think the Government needs to do more to mitigate what many believe will be a big upheaval in the jobs marketFri May 29 2026 - 10:00
What are the jobs AI won’t be coming for?The technology promises benefits but, as Goldman Sachs boss notes, those may come only after the pain of job lossesThu May 28 2026 - 06:00
Union membership comparable with a century agoAlmost a third of women workers are in a union compared to just over a fifth of working men, conference toldTue May 26 2026 - 18:09
Young people chasing jobs in tech and professional services hit hardest by AI – conference hearsDepartment of Finance economists tells Neri conference that impact of AI on labour markets remains uncertainTue May 26 2026 - 17:19
