Moving back to the family home to save for a deposit: ‘It’s a short-term pain, long-term gain situation’Isaac Nolan and his girlfriend, Kes, hope that moving back to his family home in Wexford will enable them to add to existing savings and buy their own place within two yearsTue Apr 16 2024 - 00:01
Academics for Palestine criticise universities over ‘neutrality’ and lack of action on war in GazaGroup expresses dismay over lack of response to call it issued last month to presidents of third-levels institutions to take actionThu Apr 11 2024 - 17:44
Court cuts WRC compensation award to Debenhams staff by 50%Most of the €3m fund allocated to retraining staff was unspent and returned to Government at the end of last yearThu Apr 11 2024 - 17:06
Delay in changing sick pay law cannot be justified, union saysCall for State supports to businesses to be targeted as many seem unable to ‘wean themselves off’ wide range of helpTue Apr 09 2024 - 06:00
Excessive use of social media creating generation of ‘broken people’, psychiatrist saysUse of social networks increasingly contributing to mental health problems, particularly among young people, conference hearsSun Apr 07 2024 - 14:24
Patients and staff enduring ‘pretty awful conditions’ in some EDs, says HSE chiefDemand for services in EDs rose 12% in early part of yearSat Apr 06 2024 - 14:31
New treatments will have capacity to consign severe and complex obesity to history, IMO conference hearsHSE’s national clinical lead for obesity says drugs like Ozempic represent major breakthrough, producing hugely beneficial results for around 30% of patients and positive ones for as many againFri Apr 05 2024 - 20:29
Stress a major issue for two thirds of early years educators, survey findsSiptu findings show staff shortages, low pay and intensity of the work itself among main causesFri Apr 05 2024 - 19:41
‘There just isn’t enough of us’ - GP shortages mean greater pressure on doctors in a stretched health service The demands of caring for an ageing population, the provision of out-of-hours services and getting locum cover are some of the issues deterring doctors from filling GP vacanciesFri Apr 05 2024 - 19:00
Process for obtaining free GP visit cards needs to be simplified, says Donnelly Less than 10 per cent of 400,000 newly eligible people have availed of schemeFri Apr 05 2024 - 17:36
Gaza situation is ‘slow genocide that has been turned into a quick genocide’, TUI conference hearsDr Salem Gharbia, who moved to Ireland 10 years ago and is head of environmental science at Atlantic University, Sligo, spoke at eventThu Apr 04 2024 - 17:27
Announcement of special needs cuts felt like early April fools, TUI conference toldDepartment of Education previously announced removal of complex needs as criteria for allocation of teaching hoursThu Apr 04 2024 - 17:07
‘Teachers being harmed by bad inspections’ that ‘must stop’, TUI delegates toldSpeaker notes statutory nature of process and accepts need for accountability but 'more equitable system needed'Wed Apr 03 2024 - 21:05
‘We can’t afford to live in the capital’: Could a Dublin allowance improve teacher supply?We asked delegates at teaching union conferences if they support calls for teachers in urban areas to be paid more to reflect higher living costsWed Apr 03 2024 - 18:29
Government departments and State bodies leave €532m in capital allocations unspent Despite extreme need, Department of Housing fails to use €141 million available to it last year and carries it over into 2024Wed Apr 03 2024 - 06:00
‘Children are using AI, whether we like it or not’Delegates at the teaching unions’ conferences discuss the rise of artificial intelligence in the classroomTue Apr 02 2024 - 21:00
Pay and conditions for thousands of adult education tutors to be regularisedMany tutors paid an hourly rate based on time spent teaching with no holiday pay or pension entitlementsTue Apr 02 2024 - 20:32
Defence Forces officers’ body accuses department of abusing position with proposed legislationRaco says move to prohibit specific officers from being members of union will breach fundamental rightsTue Apr 02 2024 - 15:16
Junior hospital doctors still working too many hours and lack adequate supports, says IMOSurvey by union found 83% routinely working hours in contravention of legislationTue Apr 02 2024 - 15:10
Healthcare staff with voluntary bodies still await pay increases agreed in OctoberEmployers and unions say processing of terms cumbersome, with attempts being made to cut numbers of workers who benefitMon Apr 01 2024 - 18:00
Department of Health rules out further extension of long Covid staff payments schemeAbout 120 people on the scheme, which is due to expire on SundayFri Mar 29 2024 - 18:28
Hours threshold eased for employers seeking to use scheme employing people with disabilityWeekly threshold for employers to secure financial supports is to be reduced from 21 to 15 hours from April 1stFri Mar 29 2024 - 11:49
President of TU Dublin to step down after period of financial turbulence at universityProf David FitzPatrick will take up a role with the University of Nottingham in the coming monthsWed Mar 27 2024 - 16:09
Roughly half of primary schoolteachers target of physical aggression in classroom, survey findsINTO says findings highlight issue of aggression in schools, particularly in special needs settingsTue Mar 26 2024 - 17:32
Parents are regular offenders in social media bullying of teachers, survey findsA fifth of teachers have been subject to online abuse, with students responsible in a majority of casesTue Mar 26 2024 - 13:40
Unions call for prompt payment of public sector pay increases after deal is ratifiedBallots at State’s biggest unions record margins of more than 90 per cent in favourMon Mar 25 2024 - 21:17
Public pay increases: When will they happen and how much will workers get?Pay deal agreed between the Government and unions last month has been formally ratified by the union sideMon Mar 25 2024 - 20:33
‘I’m going to be with the HR gang, working with the loveliest boss ever’Liam Foley, who has Down syndrome, speaks about his role as People and Culture Champion with the National LotteryWed Mar 20 2024 - 05:31
Down syndrome and employment: ‘It shouldn’t be amazing anymore, it should just be the norm’Hospitality and retail remain key areas of employment for people with the condition but the base is broadening, says charityWed Mar 20 2024 - 05:01
Vibrant trade unions in North possible after shift in political status quo Irish Congress of Trade Unions counts membership of 200,000 in NI and increasing after strikes in key sectorsMon Mar 11 2024 - 10:44
Gaeltacht programme geared to support more than 100 women entrepreneursPilot scheme last year helped 15 women who went on to establish businesses in areas including tourism and clothing tradeFri Mar 08 2024 - 06:00
Remote working Q&A: How do I apply and what are my rights? Long-awaited WRC code of practice sets out a right to request remote working but not a guaranteed right to have your application grantedFri Mar 08 2024 - 05:30
Recruitment and retention a key factor as survey finds firms anticipating pay increases of over 4% in 2024 Conference hears different views on implications of EU Directive for employers and unionsThu Mar 07 2024 - 18:35
State sector facing increased competition to secure staff for top level positions, says DonohoeMinister defends establishment of new body but accepts it is ‘a sensitive topic’Thu Mar 07 2024 - 13:31
Compensation set for workers whose remote working requests are not reasonably considered New code of conduct for employers sets out basis for considering requests for flexible and remote workingThu Mar 07 2024 - 12:42
Senior staff raise concerns over financial governance at Technological University DublinDetailed letter to president of Technological University Dublin from two dozen heads of department lists a number of issues of concern over financial governanceThu Mar 07 2024 - 06:00
Welcome for later retirement age legislation, but warning that income is major barrier to those looking to retireThe CEO of Active Retirement Ireland acknowledged there was ‘an enormous gap’ between those on private pensions and those who would be reliant on the State pensionWed Mar 06 2024 - 08:38
Employees to be allowed work until State pension age of 66 under new lawMove would end anomaly that saw people obliged to retire a year before they could access pensionTue Mar 05 2024 - 19:55
Business wants more supports to ease hit of Government-backed pay hikesNew report shows small restaurants and retailers face 19% increase in costs by 2026Tue Mar 05 2024 - 17:46
More than 60% of workers with caring responsibilities report impact on mental health Ibec says Government employers need to provide additional supportsTue Mar 05 2024 - 06:00
Unions believe they are having moment in North but say funding is key to stable futureIctu to launch document in which it argues for a greater role in government-backed bodies in Northern IrelandTue Mar 05 2024 - 05:00
Return union representatives to state boards in NI and banish ‘quangocrats’, says Ictu Unions in 1988 had more than 50 representatives on public bodies, but by 2008 this had fallen to 22 and just eight nowTue Mar 05 2024 - 05:00
All-Ireland contemporary dance company ‘a new dawn’ for art formCollaborative venture to be led by Liz Roche Company will involve Belfast-based Maiden Voyage Dance and the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at the University of LimerickMon Mar 04 2024 - 05:00
President Higgins to be assessed on Monday ahead of possible discharge from hospitalPresident stayed in hospital as precaution due to blood pressure concernsSun Mar 03 2024 - 18:56
Online abuse putting young women off political careers, female ex-tánaistí say Frances Fitzgerald recently had to go to gardaí over threat to sons while sexism still a day-to-day realityFri Mar 01 2024 - 18:06
Explainer: Exit deals and payoffs in publicly funded organisationsOpposition politicians have called for greater transparency around packages given to senior executives, following revelations about HSE payment to Dean SullivanThu Feb 29 2024 - 21:27
Staff at Body Shop stores in Republic left without month’s pay and redundancy, says unionStaff and representatives had difficulty contacting new owners of business during two weeks’ notice given on closuresThu Feb 29 2024 - 19:24
More high-cost HSE redundancies may follow €389,000 package for former executive, says Donnelly Dean Sullivan’s redundancy payment in line with Government policy, according to Paschal DonohoeThu Feb 29 2024 - 16:12
Robust complaints procedure central to Defence Forces’ cultural change, committee toldProf Brian MacCraith says the country’s most senior officer had acknowledged there was a widespread lack of faith in the existing complaints system within the Defence ForcesTue Feb 27 2024 - 22:33
TU Dublin governing body promises action on university’s finances following HEA criticismStrongly worded letter sent by HEA chief Dr Alan Wall outlines ‘serious concerns’ about handling of financial crises at the institutionTue Feb 27 2024 - 21:50
