Pharma body hopeful of extending deal with State on cost of medicinesCurrent agreement due to expire at the end of July after savings of about €600mWed Jul 29 2020 - 18:00
University teachers seek clarity on process for re-opening third level educationIfut to meet Minister for Higher Education Simon Harris on WednesdayWed Jul 29 2020 - 13:37
Beacon Hospital reaches deal with insurers to cover per-admission Covid testSubscribers who paid the €250 charge in recent weeks will be re-imbursedWed Jul 29 2020 - 07:16
Cuts to pandemic welfare bill critical to managing deficit, officials warn MinistersDepartment plans to review 700,000 welfare claims by end of yearWed Jul 29 2020 - 02:05
Borrowers on payment breaks will pay up to €4,500 extra on mortgagesB of I says it is ‘important’ to charge interest during payment breaks over Covid-19 periodTue Jul 28 2020 - 07:41
Cork airport seeks State aid as Covid-19 eats away its revenuesShannon Group to warn that Government travel restrictions threaten multi-national investment and will cause job lossesTue Jul 28 2020 - 05:31
HSE audit says €72,000 spent on team development at Jigsaw charityAuditors say some expenditure could cause reputational damageMon Jul 27 2020 - 22:40
HSE report says stronger controls needed in management appointmentsAuditors say an anonymous letter made claims of grade drift and pay policy breachesMon Jul 27 2020 - 16:19
Two residents at Cork community hospital ran up arrears of €135,000, audit findsSchull Community Hospital also not compliant with terms of public service agreementMon Jul 27 2020 - 13:22
Report says 50% more consultants and 32% more GPs needed in coming yearsDoctors say HSE report confirms gravity of recruitment and retention crisis in medicineMon Jul 27 2020 - 02:13
Union urges more protection and choice in working from homeWorkers cannot be asked to bear extra costs of remote working, Ictu warnsMon Jul 27 2020 - 00:01
Government plan to reopen schools set to cost hundreds of millions of euroExtra teachers, enhanced cleaning regimes and curriculum changes form centrepiece of packageSat Jul 25 2020 - 02:44
Visitors may be required to take Covid-19 test before they travelDepartment of Transport to investigate new screening system for arrivalsFri Jul 24 2020 - 18:42
Budgets for mega-projects 'outdated, do not include inflation', Minister warnedDepartment of Public Expenditure issues warning over major infrastructure projectsFri Jul 24 2020 - 05:00
State transport firms could face legal issues over Covid losses, union claimsBus Éireann losing €700,000 weekly, NBRU tells Oireachtas committee on Covid-19Fri Jul 24 2020 - 01:00
Leaving Cert predicted grades could lead to lawsuits, Ministers toldDepartment of Public Expenditure briefing contains warnings on several frontsFri Jul 24 2020 - 01:00
Coronavirus: People must find ways to live with ‘new normal’, says HSEChief clinical officer says behaviour has to include minimum contact, avoiding crowds and avoiding close contactThu Jul 23 2020 - 09:37
Covid-19: HSE chief notes ‘worrying trends’ as case numbers rise sharplyOne further death and 17 new cases confirmed in the StateThu Jul 23 2020 - 06:27
Covid-19 outbreaks in households claimed 68 lives, new data showsOne in every 10 cases of coronavirus was contracted in clusters in private dwellingsThu Jul 23 2020 - 02:10
Wide-ranging reform of nursing home sector recommended by Oireachtas committeeCovid-19 group’s draft report seeks governance shake-up for private nursing homesThu Jul 23 2020 - 02:04
HSE warns of more people on waiting lists for longer as health services resumeNew plan says Covid-19 restrictions mean lower volumes of patients can be seenWed Jul 22 2020 - 16:05
Health workers reporting for duty while sick during pandemic a ‘big problem’Practice is ‘in the Irish healthcare worker’s psyche’, says HSE assistant national directorTue Jul 21 2020 - 21:51
Staff nurse tells committee of ‘terrifying’ experience of contracting Covid-19Siobhán Murphy says she was off work for 12 weeks and physically crippled with fatigueTue Jul 21 2020 - 15:02
Health workers may have hidden Covid-19 symptoms to avoid losing pay – unionCulture of staff working when ill contributed to larger outbreaks, says IMO as State’s chief medic warns workplaces are ‘new front line’ in fight against the virusTue Jul 21 2020 - 02:25
PPE shortage endangered lives of health workers, Siptu saysIrish Medical Organisation calls for State to stockpile PPE in event of second waveTue Jul 21 2020 - 02:08
Dublin outbreak is first significant Covid-19 cluster on a building siteWork at site in capital closes after 20 workers test positive for coronavirusMon Jul 20 2020 - 19:12
Number of people claiming Covid-19 payment has fallen by almost halfSome 313,800 are claiming pandemic payment, down from a high of almost 600,000Mon Jul 20 2020 - 13:11
Thousands of health and community staff to step up campaign over pay restorationSecuring pay and pension justice in sector is ‘very much unfinished business’ says SiptuMon Jul 20 2020 - 08:00
Covid-19: Pharmacies may not be able to handle a second wave, group warnsPharmacists say they have been ‘ignored’ by Government and call for support packageMon Jul 20 2020 - 01:03
Low Pay Commission defers guidance on national minimum wageReport now likely to go to Government in SeptemberSun Jul 19 2020 - 18:10
Health service faces heavy burden this winter, HSE warnsSome 1.4m flu vaccine doses for adults secured but no universal scheme plannedFri Jul 17 2020 - 19:50
Some 450 cancers missed due to pause in screenings, Covid-19 committee toldIrish Medical Organisation calls for provision of 5,000 additional hospital bedsFri Jul 17 2020 - 14:41
Iarnród Éireann and RAIU investigating fault found in passenger trainFault found in locomotive used on Dublin-Cork and Dublin-Belfast train servicesThu Jul 16 2020 - 10:50
Covid-19: Ten-person limit put on house gatherings as pubs to stay shut until August 10thVintners describe delay as ‘hammer blow’ as health officials warn of rise in infectionsWed Jul 15 2020 - 20:12
Covid-19: State staff must use unpaid leave to isolate after overseas holidaysDepartment of Public Expenditure issues new guidance to State employersWed Jul 15 2020 - 18:45
Coronavirus: Full reopening of pubs could be scupperedPublic health team fear virus may accelerate if extra congregated settings are availableWed Jul 15 2020 - 02:36
State to provide grant aid to commercial bus operatorsUp to €500,000 will be awarded to companies hit by Covid-19Tue Jul 14 2020 - 19:21
HSE says health staff may have contracted Covid-19 in ‘avoidable’ casesDiagnoses of patients with symptoms were not made promptly at timesTue Jul 14 2020 - 02:45
Covid trauma expected to increase demand for mental health servicesMental Health Ireland finds pandemic has damaged wellbeing and quality of lifeTue Jul 14 2020 - 02:10
Number receiving coronavirus unemployment payment falls by 67,000Government to protect social insurance benefits of those who lost jobs due to Covid-19Mon Jul 13 2020 - 13:52
Non-wearers of masks on public transport face fine and jail sentenceDrivers say they expect gardaí to police measure which takes effect from MondaySat Jul 11 2020 - 09:27
Work to resume on €1.7bn children’s hospital amid costs disputeContractor BAM Ireland agrees to restart following stand-off over Covid-19 costsSat Jul 11 2020 - 01:35
Nursing homes say big effort needed to keep residents out of hospital this winterRepresentative group tell minister extra measures such as on-site therapies neededSat Jul 11 2020 - 01:00
Pharmaceutical industry signals it won’t extend drugs agreementFour-year-old accord on supply and pricing of medicines is set to expire at end of JulyFri Jul 10 2020 - 16:43
Lack of Covid-19 compensation unfair, says children’s hospital contractorConstruction on €1.7bn site yet to resume as Bam Ireland claims restrictions make delays inevitableFri Jul 10 2020 - 14:32
Migrant workers angry over lack of Covid-19 protection in meat plantsIctu tells Dáil committee trade union concerns about safety in sector went ignoredFri Jul 10 2020 - 10:41
Dáil committee to investigate Bríd Smith comments about judgePeople Before Profit TD attacked ‘democracy itself’, former minister for justice claimsThu Jul 09 2020 - 19:32
One million people have now downloaded Ireland’s Covid-19 tracker appMinister hails number of downloads in less than two days as a huge achievementWed Jul 08 2020 - 22:34
Bus Éireann urges passengers to take only necessary journeys and avoid peak timesDemand is exceeding Covid-19 capacity on some servicesWed Jul 08 2020 - 19:18
More than 720,000 people sign up for new Covid-19 tracker appFigure represents 23% of State’s population over 16 years with smartphonesWed Jul 08 2020 - 06:21
