Revised pay plan for 16,000 security workers on hold until legal case resolvedGovernment says statutory minimum rates will remain unchangedTue Aug 17 2021 - 17:37
Teachers can avail of 125 different types of leave, spending review findsSubstitution costs about €250m a year in trend linked to demographics and policy changeSat Jul 31 2021 - 05:01
Growing obesity levels pose significant risk, spending review warnsBreast cancer mortality rates in Ireland are among highest in the EU, report saysFri Jul 30 2021 - 20:44
Warning of pressures on public finances as population agesGovernment report says ‘demographic bubble’ working its way through school systemFri Jul 30 2021 - 19:40
Strikes over school secretaries’ pay and conditions ‘an active option’, Fórsa warnsTrade union criticises ‘derisory’ offer from Department of Education in talksFri Jul 30 2021 - 19:15
Siptu staff in local employment services and jobs clubs set to go on strike in SeptemberUnion urges Minister to halt what it says is privatisation of local employment servicesFri Jul 30 2021 - 15:37
Health services to need extra €324m next year to cater for ageing populationSeparate report suggests political costs of pension reforms may be manageableFri Jul 30 2021 - 04:00
Construction sector unions seek guaranteed 39-hour weekUnite says some employers sending workers home without pay during inclement weatherThu Jul 29 2021 - 05:33
Health officials warn of strain on hospitals but Covid-19 admissions remain lowPattern of infection in coming weeks ‘really quite uncertain’, says Prof Philip NolanThu Jul 29 2021 - 05:00
Numbers claiming pandemic unemployment payment falls to lowest levelFigure receiving the payment is now below 200,000, Minister saysWed Jul 28 2021 - 11:12
Health staff appointed without approval or competition, audit findsManagement say majority of staff involved were being redeployed to alternative rolesTue Jul 27 2021 - 19:06
Defence Forces pay issue affects broader Government wage policyConcern in Government that pay commission could jeopardise centralised pay agreementsMon Jul 26 2021 - 06:00
Government calls for review of public service pay allowancesDepartment suggests Defence Forces commission reviews remuneration structuresMon Jul 26 2021 - 01:00
Dublin Bus drivers offered 15% pay rises in return for big work practice changesManagement plan would reassign drivers from specific routes to multiple onesSun Jul 25 2021 - 18:30
Daa moves to outsource maintenance services at Dublin airportUnions likely to oppose any move to transfer direct employment to third-party companiesFri Jul 23 2021 - 19:34
Ictu says State must use primary legislation to set out workers’ employment statusUnions claim move to publish updated code of practice ‘wholly inadequate’ to tackle misclassifying of workers as self-employedThu Jul 22 2021 - 18:34
Unions protest over alleged privatisation threat to employment servicesDepartment says community sector encouraged to bid to be part of services expansionThu Jul 22 2021 - 18:29
Garda associations told they will have “parity of esteem” with unionsDepartment of Justice promises Garda bodies role in future pay talks and urges them to sign up to new agreementThu Jul 22 2021 - 15:57
Minister publishes updated code on determining employment statusEmployed or self-employed? Government to put new code on legal footingThu Jul 22 2021 - 01:43
Significant work remains on indoor dining laws, Attorney General tells MinistersPaul Gallagher ‘annoyed and frustrated’, seeking detail on exclusion of unvaccinated peopleWed Jul 21 2021 - 16:07
Numbers on pandemic unemployment pay fall to new lowMinister says 202,000 people receiving PUP this week, lowest level since scheme beganWed Jul 21 2021 - 14:01
Indoor dining plan: Time limits unlikely but stricter social distancing for families with childrenTwo-metre table distance to apply if children present and Covid certs to be shownWed Jul 21 2021 - 07:12
HSE report into Beacon vaccine controversy nears completionInquiry separate to that commissioned by Dublin private hospital’s own boardWed Jul 21 2021 - 01:04
Concerns that non-Covid care may face ‘severe pressure’ from Delta variant‘Significant challenges’ to health service capacity could emerge in mid- to late AugustTue Jul 20 2021 - 05:01
Beacon withholds full report into school vaccination controversyHospital board says it has full confidence in chief executive as report summary is releasedMon Jul 19 2021 - 21:17
Decision by Beacon Hospital to offer Covid vaccines to teachers ‘made in good faith’Chief executive made decision alone ‘in a time-pressured situation’, says reviewMon Jul 19 2021 - 15:47
Nurses at Mullingar hospital stage protest about understaffing and workloadsINMO members say staffing levels compromising patient careMon Jul 19 2021 - 12:26
People with disabilities half as likely to be employed, report saysIbec paper urges reforms to boost employment opportunitiesMon Jul 19 2021 - 06:41
Construction unions likely to press for 4%+ pay riseEmployers pitching at 1.6% as Labour Court seeks submissions on pay for 50,000 workersMon Jul 19 2021 - 05:27
Fears mount that State could hit 2,000 coronavirus cases by end JulyMinister for Health Stephen Donnelly warns Seanad of ‘roaring’ growth in virus infectionsSat Jul 17 2021 - 03:41
Dublin Port lands earmarked for development as housingCIÉ land and former Cathal Brugha Barracks among sites being examined in new reportSat Jul 17 2021 - 03:00
Firefighter shortage in Dublin puts public at risk, Siptu warnsUnion says fire vehicles unavailable across city due to lack of trained staffFri Jul 16 2021 - 19:17
Call for disability services budget to rise by half in next decadeReview calls for up to €800m extra to pay for more residential care and ‘unmet need’Thu Jul 15 2021 - 21:12
Consultants can apply to register patients for medical cannabis access schemeStephen Donnelly says move will assist in alleviating effects of severe conditionsThu Jul 15 2021 - 20:43
Offering extra places is not sustainable, universities warnAssociation hopes Government plan will dampen potential rise in college pointsWed Jul 14 2021 - 19:38
National maternity hospital: Government not looking at another site – DonnellyMove would add to costs and timeline but no option taken off the table, Minister saysWed Jul 14 2021 - 15:27
New external reviews for major State infrastructure projectsMc Grath seeks requests for tenders for new external assurance processMon Jul 12 2021 - 20:09
Doctors warn of ‘potentially catastrophic’ patient practices at Limerick hospitalGroup also argues hospital worst top-level centre in State for medical registrar trainingMon Jul 12 2021 - 19:26
Siptu protests against ‘Government privatising employment services’Department issues tender request to increase dedicated resources, it saysFri Jul 09 2021 - 18:45
Senior Garda officers stage protest over failure to get increase in allowanceTop level officers will cease carrying out key role in policing reformsWed Jul 07 2021 - 01:00
Health staff ‘deeply offended’ at lack of offer to recognise pandemic effortsUnions say HSE maintained it had no mandate to make any proposalTue Jul 06 2021 - 19:58
PAC chairman says only 4,000 connections made this year under broadband planCommittee told no provision in contract to apply penalties if targets not metTue Jul 06 2021 - 13:36
HSE paid hospital consultant more than €640,000 last yearTwo other employees received more than €500,000 in total payments from HSETue Jul 06 2021 - 01:00
Pandemic compensation claim by health staff to be heardWorkplace Relations Commission to hear from unions seeking ‘special recognition’Mon Jul 05 2021 - 18:55
Hospitality groups urge Nphet role in talks on indoor reopeningCoalition facing mounting pressure for introduction of ‘vaccine passport’ antigen testingMon Jul 05 2021 - 01:00
HSE sets aside €42.5m to cover ventilators it paid for that were unusable or never receivedDecision made to increase capacity to treat respiratory problems as pandemic took holdMon Jul 05 2021 - 01:00
Rapid antigen testing may be part of indoor dining solution, says CoveneyWorking group involving Government and hospitality industry to meet on MondayMon Jul 05 2021 - 00:30
Restaurant operators complain Nphet not involved in reopening talks with GovernmentGovernment facing increased calls for antigen testing to be used in indoor hospitality sectorSun Jul 04 2021 - 19:18
Paul Reid forecasts all adults could be fully vaccinated by end of August or start of SeptemberDepartment reports 562 new Covid-19 cases, the highest number since early MaySun Jul 04 2021 - 15:25
Audit sets out struggle to secure PPE supplies in sellers’ marketSome protective equipment had to be rationed early in 2020, consultants’ report revealsFri Jul 02 2021 - 06:00
