VHI to be privatised in shake-up of health insuranceTHE GOVERNMENT is to invest up to €300 million in the VHI and place the State-owned private health insurance company on the market…Fri May 28 2010 - 01:00
Most Dáil queries on health services are unansweredMORE THAN 70 per cent of questions regarding the health services tabled in the Dáil over recent months have gone unanswered as…Tue May 25 2010 - 01:00
University lecturers reject Croke Park dealTHE UNION representing university and college lecturers has rejected the Croke Park deal on public service pay and reform.Tue May 25 2010 - 01:00
Department of Health to shed 60 jobsHSE and voluntary bodies to suffer a loss of 1,500 posts this year aloneTue May 25 2010 - 01:00
Third education union rejects pay dealThe Irish Federation of University Teachers has become the third union in the education sector to reject the Croke Park deal …Mon May 24 2010 - 01:00
All still hangs on big union ballots - and on whether will of majority will prevailANALYSIS: Thus far there are no surprises in the results of union ballots on the Croke Park deal, writes MARTIN WALLSat May 22 2010 - 01:00
Delegates reject motion for No vote on pay dealCROKE PARK AGREEMENT: THE BIENNIAL delegate conference of the trade union Impact has rejected calls to urge a No vote in the…Fri May 21 2010 - 01:00
Impact warns against interferenceThe incoming general secretary of Impact, the country's largest public service union, has criticised attempts by political groups…Thu May 20 2010 - 01:00
Ending of job process is criticisedTiming of decision by HSE board to terminate process at late stage deemed ‘far from ideal’Tue May 18 2010 - 01:00
Union rights legislation review on holdMOVES BY the Government to review legislation governing trade union representation rights and to ban victimisation against those…Sat May 15 2010 - 01:00
Warning of threat to post jobs from liberalisationTHE COMMUNICATIONS Workers Union has warned of a threat to postal services in Ireland and up to 10,000 jobs at An Post as a result…Thu May 06 2010 - 01:00
HSE data dispute expected to endA dispute in the health service over the provision of key financial data to management in the Health Service Executive and Department…Thu May 06 2010 - 01:00
Labour Court to hold hearing into HSE disputeTHE LABOUR Court will today hold a hearing into the dispute between the Health Service Executive and trade union Impact.Wed May 05 2010 - 01:00
HSE embargo on jobs created 'uncontrolled downsizing'Policy meant staff could not be replaced ‘regardless of the impact on services’Tue May 04 2010 - 01:00
HSE row to go to Labour CourtThe dispute between the Health Service Executive and the trade union Impact over the provision of key financial and other data…Tue May 04 2010 - 01:00
Civil Service staff to fall by 800 in two yearsTHE NUMBER of staff employed in the Civil Service is to fall by nearly 800 over the next two years under a new directive on employment…Tue Apr 27 2010 - 01:00
Talks seek to resolve health data rowTALKS ARE to get under way at the Labour Relations Commissions (LRC) today to resolve a row between the Health Service Executive…Tue Apr 27 2010 - 01:00
Kenny says FG would honour pledges in deal not to cut payFINE GAEL leader Enda Kenny has said that in government his party would honour the commitment in the proposed public service …Fri Apr 23 2010 - 01:00
'Patients will suffer due to job cuts' - unionAround 2,000 nursing posts in the Irish health service will have been lost by the end of the year, a nurse’s union has claimed…Wed Apr 21 2010 - 01:00
Impact delays ballot for 'clarification'THE REPUBLIC’S largest public service trade union, Impact, has delayed its ballot on the new public service pay and reform deal…Fri Apr 16 2010 - 01:00
Begg says no scope for renegotiationThe general secretary of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (Ictu) has said that the union officials who negotiated the Croke…Thu Apr 15 2010 - 01:00
Croke Park deal 'best that could be negotiated'THE GOVERNMENT has said it will operate the proposed new public service pay and reform deal, including the scheduled reviews …Thu Apr 15 2010 - 01:00
Nurses' union calls for rejection of proposalTHE IRISH Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) has said that it was not prepared to recommend acceptance of the deal on public…Wed Apr 14 2010 - 01:00
Public pay deal still in jeopardyThe proposed new public service pay and reform deal has received a boost following the decision of the national executive council…Wed Apr 14 2010 - 01:00
Public service pay deal still in jeopardy despite Siptu backingTHE PROPOSED new public service pay and reform deal has received a boost following the decision of the national executive council…Wed Apr 14 2010 - 01:00
Siptu executive backs pay dealThe national executive of Siptu, the country’s largest union, is to recommend acceptance of the public service pay and reform…Tue Apr 13 2010 - 01:00
CPSU set to reject Croke Park dealThe general secretary of the Civil Public and Services Unions (CPSU) has forecast that the executive of his union will recommend…Sun Apr 11 2010 - 01:00
Unite representatives urge rejection of deal over failure to reverse pay cutsUNION BALLOTS: THE TRADE union Unite is to recommend that its members in the public service reject the proposed new pay and …Sat Apr 10 2010 - 01:00
Cowen says pay deal 'best available'Taoiseach Brian Cowen has said the country's unions should see the public service pay deal negotiated in Croke Park last week…Fri Apr 09 2010 - 01:00
Impact executive rejects public sector deal with GovernmentIN A major setback for the proposed new agreement on public sector pay and reform, the executive of the country’s largest public…Fri Apr 09 2010 - 01:00
Hospital plan faces further delaysTHE HEALTH Service Executive (HSE) has told the Department of Health that if the controversial new regional hospital proposed…Tue Apr 06 2010 - 01:00
'Unscrupulous' homes use hospitals 'to free up beds'CONCERN ABOUT allegations that some “unscrupulous” nursing homes send elderly people into acute hospitals to free up beds and…Sat Apr 03 2010 - 01:00
Industrial relations 'war' if agreement not acceptedONE OF the State’s leading public service trade union leaders has said that the alternative to the proposed public service pay…Sat Apr 03 2010 - 01:00
Passport backlog to be clearedA backlog of more than 50,000 unprocessed passports is expected to be cleared after the Civil, Public and Services Union (CPSU…Thu Apr 01 2010 - 01:00
Public sector deal long on aspirationANALYSIS: The big question now is will trade union leaders be able to sell this reform agreement to a sceptical membership?Wed Mar 31 2010 - 01:00
Government promises no pay cuts until 2014PUBLIC SECTOR CHANGES: TRADE UNION leaders and Government officials have reached an agreement on public sector pay and widespread…Wed Mar 31 2010 - 01:00
CPSU to lift four-week overtime banThe Civil Public and Services Union (CPSU) has said it is to lift the four-week overtime ban which it put in place as part of…Wed Mar 31 2010 - 01:00
Main points of the public sector dealMain points of the deal agreed by Government and trade union leadersTue Mar 30 2010 - 01:00
Blood scandals cost State €1bn to dateTHE STATE’S bill for compensating people affected by hepatitis C and HIV as a result of the blood contamination controversies…Tue Mar 30 2010 - 01:00
Public sector pay deal reachedTrade union leaders and Government officials have reached an agreement on public sector pay and widespread reform of the public…Tue Mar 30 2010 - 01:00
Passport Office staff may engage in full strike if pay deal is not reachedINDUSTRIAL ACTION: STAFF AT the Passport Office in Dublin could engage in full strike action from as early as next week if talks…Sat Mar 27 2010 - 00:00
Keane withdraws application for HSE chief executive positionTHE FORMER head of the State’s national cancer control programme Prof Tom Keane, who has been widely tipped to become the new…Sat Mar 27 2010 - 00:00
CPSU threatens industrial actionLower-paid civil servants have voted to escalate their industrial action across the civil service if talks at national level …Fri Mar 26 2010 - 00:00
Disagreements emerge in health reform talksMAJOR DISAGREEMENTS have emerged between trade unions and management in the talks on health service reform.Thu Mar 25 2010 - 00:00
Big obstacles ahead in agreeing transformation of public servicesThe Government faces tough decisions on how far it can go in trying to secure public service reform in return for a commitment…Tue Mar 23 2010 - 00:00
Ibec says U-turn on pay cuts is 'inconceivable'THE EMPLOYERS' group Ibec has said that any reversal by the Government of the pay cuts for public service staff introduced in…Mon Mar 22 2010 - 00:00
Aer Lingus talks resume at LRCManagement at Aer Lingus and the union Impact met separately today with the Labour Relations Commission (LRC) to discuss the …Fri Mar 19 2010 - 00:00
Separate talks on cabin crew at LRCMANAGEMENT AT Aer Lingus and the union Impact are to meet separately today with the Labour Relations Commission (LRC) to discuss…Fri Mar 19 2010 - 00:00
Hospitals say outsourcing on agendaTHE DUBLIN Academic Teaching Hospitals have said the the option of outsourcing part of their services has to be on the agenda…Thu Mar 18 2010 - 00:00
Siptu says 48-hour hospital strike to go ahead despite talksPAY TALKS with public sector trade unions are due to resume today, amid uncertainty about the planned 48-hour hospital strike…Mon Mar 15 2010 - 00:00
