Paid contracts for student nurses would ‘undermine training model’, Cabinet toldINMO again urges reintroduction of paid contracts for those on clinical placementTue Jan 19 2021 - 14:50
Cabinet approves €91m plan to bring GPs, pharmacists into vaccine programmeScheme will become key to the widespread vaccination effort, says DonnellyTue Jan 19 2021 - 14:39
Beacon Hospital signs deal with HSE on access to facilities during pandemicPrivate hospital was last to enter agreement to provide additional care to public patientsTue Jan 19 2021 - 13:32
Covid surge: Pausing student nurse training ‘the right thing to do’Training for first, second, third-year students being suspended ‘just for a few weeks’Sun Jan 17 2021 - 15:13
Covid-19: INMO calls for clarity on suspension of student nurse placementsMove aimed at freeing up experienced staff for frontline duties is to be reviewed in FebruarySun Jan 17 2021 - 08:10
Varadkar: €292,000 salary for top health job likely to lead to others seeking parityNew secretary general of Department of Health will be highest paid civil servantFri Jan 15 2021 - 19:52
Employees to have legal right to request home working, says VaradkarTánaiste says Covid-19 pandemic has greatly accelerated change in mindsetsFri Jan 15 2021 - 15:31
State should borrow now to fuel growth post-Covid, says union leaderSiptu boss warns of economic challenge from Brexit, climate change and automation and AIFri Jan 15 2021 - 05:15
New laws will give employees in the State the option to permanently work from homeGovernment to also introduce new measures on right of workers to disconnect from jobFri Jan 15 2021 - 01:48
Remote working could revitalise towns but pose problems for cities, report saysNew survey also claims post-pandemic remote working could lead to country losing jobsFri Jan 15 2021 - 00:01
Staff being asked to go into the workplace unnecessarily, Siptu saysUnion urges all public and private sector employers to facilitate working from homeThu Jan 14 2021 - 19:41
Hospitals across State ordered to treat Covid-19 surge as ‘emergency situation’HSE forecasts more than 2,000 coronavirus patients will require hospitalisation by next MondayThu Jan 14 2021 - 01:36
Former Debenhams staff seek cash rather than proposed €3m training fundWorkers overwhelmingly reject package of supports suggested by Labour Court chairWed Jan 13 2021 - 15:49
Retail workers seek early access to Covid-19 vaccineMandate union seeks clarity from Minister on prioritisation of shop workersTue Jan 12 2021 - 21:09
‘Macho management’ sees public servants in office despite Covid rules - unionFórsa says managers are asking workers to travel to jobs that could be done remotelyTue Jan 12 2021 - 11:07
Healthcare workers with childcare issues permitted to work from home in certain casesNew arrangements will see such workers given duties outside of normal role, says HSEMon Jan 11 2021 - 20:35
Deaths from Covid-19 in the State could soon surpass 100 per day, experts warnHospital system under severe pressure as patients in Donegal treated in ambulancesMon Jan 11 2021 - 03:00
Doctors may have to choose which patients to prioritise, ethics document saysPlan for ‘difficult decisions’ notes surge capacity likely to impact other health servicesSun Jan 10 2021 - 19:03
Coronavirus in Ireland: 6,888 new cases and eight further deaths reported1,452 people with Covid-19 in hospital on Sunday, with 125 in intensive care unitsSun Jan 10 2021 - 17:47
Covid-19: Number in hospital with disease is set to be double that at peak of first waveHSE head Paul Reid says health service is under ‘increasing strain’ amid current surgeSun Jan 10 2021 - 15:30
ASTI to urge members to reject new public pay dealUnion leader says it is ‘scandalous’ pay inequality would persist despite past 10 monthsSat Jan 09 2021 - 15:22
Covid-19: Almost all private hospitals agree to take public patientsHSE to be allocated up to 30% of capacity in private hospitals during current surgeSat Jan 09 2021 - 01:00
Department of Health secretary general pay to rise by over €90,000New pay rate of €292,000 set for vacant job to be filled by open competitionSat Jan 09 2021 - 01:00
Nurses seek new restrictions on number of people entering hospitalsSiptu says staff shortages now ‘everywhere’ in health service due to Covid-19Fri Jan 08 2021 - 21:42
Covid-19: HSE chief urges private hospitals to ‘put on green jersey’ and provide capacityBlackrock Clinic, Galway Clinic and Hermitage Clinic to sign up to new agreementThu Jan 07 2021 - 20:01
Covid-19: State could take over up to 30% of private hospital capacityGovernment draft agreement sent to almost all private hospitals bar Beacon in DublinWed Jan 06 2021 - 06:45
Covid-19: Nearly 58,000 more on pandemic unemployment payment than in DecemberAbout 335,600 people will receive the benefit this weekTue Jan 05 2021 - 11:27
HSE looking at taking over 30% of private hospitals’ capacity depending on Covid levelsPrivate hospitals say talks on new deal are at an advanced stageMon Jan 04 2021 - 21:53
Covid surge sees all but urgent surgery deferred in hospitalsHospitals across State to cancel outpatient clinics and defer non-urgent proceduresMon Jan 04 2021 - 20:25
Public health doctors’ strike deferred due to surge in Covid-19 casesIMO says public health specialists will review the position at the end of JanuaryMon Jan 04 2021 - 13:53
Review of allowances should look at other student groups as well as nurses – SiptuInitial review of allowances paid to student nurses to be finalised by end of the yearThu Dec 31 2020 - 01:53
Taoiseach told of student nurses’ concerns as early as last summerLetter on August 24th outlined issue of unpaid placements in hospitals during pandemicThu Dec 31 2020 - 01:32
More than 3% pay rise recommended for management-grade nursesIncrease would restore pay differential following rises for other grades after 2019 strikeWed Dec 23 2020 - 20:43
Government says surge in Covid-19 cases could not be ignoredPeople asked to re-think plans for Christmas due to ‘alarming scale of growth’ in infectionsWed Dec 23 2020 - 13:18
Student nurses to engage with reviews into pay and conditionsUnion says deatils of final proposals will determine response to Government initiativeThu Dec 17 2020 - 11:31
Nearly 300 patients waiting for admission to hospital beds, nurses sayINMO says there has been spike in numbers of patients on trolleys in recent daysWed Dec 16 2020 - 14:26
Future pay hikes passed on to retired public servants driving surge in State’s pension costReport expects public servants’ pay to rise by 3.5% a yearWed Dec 16 2020 - 12:39
Teachers’ Union of Ireland opposes new public service pay dealINTO and Fórsa to recommend members accept new agreement in ballotsTue Dec 15 2020 - 21:32
Nurses will not face any rise in retention fees under new dealMilitary officers say they were ‘effectively ostracised’ from public pay talks processMon Dec 14 2020 - 21:20
Number receiving pandemic unemployment payment falls by 42,000Minister welcomes fall in claimants as a result of exiting Level 5 restrictionsMon Dec 14 2020 - 18:29
Medical cannabis patients need no longer travel to Netherlands for medicationDelivery service established in April due to Covid-19 to be made permanentMon Dec 14 2020 - 08:02
Pay rises of over 3% for senior nurses proposed by expert groupMoves would be aimed at restoring differentials in place before strike settlementMon Dec 14 2020 - 01:02
Plan to close Dublin pharma plant with loss of 440 jobs a ‘devastating blow’Viatris generic medicines facility in Baldoyle due to shut down over next two yearsFri Dec 11 2020 - 14:34
State’s largest trade unions back new pay dealFórsa, Siptu say measures were best that could be achieved, AGSI says it was not included in negotiating proposalsFri Dec 11 2020 - 14:18
The Government has made one major concession to unions in the new pay dealNew review of additional working hours to be put in place, going back on previous stanceFri Dec 11 2020 - 13:34
Proposed public service pay deal to cost €900m over three yearsAgreement, if ratified, would see pay increase for public servants in each of next two yearsFri Dec 11 2020 - 10:59
Staff in health groups to get €1,000 pay rise as strikes are avertedStaff in about 250 ‘Section 39’ agencies are to benefit from breakthrough in talksThu Dec 10 2020 - 17:08
Documents reveal deep concern over Ireland's spending on PPE during pandemicHSE said PPE markets extremely volatile and Ireland was ahead in securing key suppliesThu Dec 10 2020 - 06:46
HSE told to review policy on €1bn personal protective equipment spendMinister’s order follows Government concerns that official rules not being adhered toThu Dec 10 2020 - 01:00
CervicalCheck will not catch up on number of screenings missed this yearCancer screening programme facing reduced capacity due to Covid-19, committee hearsWed Dec 09 2020 - 15:36
