Connect to ballot 20,000 members on industrial actionUnion warns employers against cuts to pay or conditions in light of High Court rulingThu Jun 25 2020 - 19:25
Electricians’ union warns of ‘war’ over pay agreementMove follows High Court finding that parts of industrial relations law is unconstitutionalWed Jun 24 2020 - 15:12
Donohoe had concerns over free GP consultations on Covid advice or testingMinister expressed fears initiative could lead to State facing uncapped expenditureWed Jun 24 2020 - 00:57
High Court ruling may have serious implications for thousands of workers, Ictu warnsTrade unions respond to judgment striking down law on minimum pay for electriciansTue Jun 23 2020 - 21:15
Nurses using annual leave to cover childcare, INMO saysUnion says many nurses and midwives are paying higher than normal childcare ratesTue Jun 23 2020 - 12:13
HSE wanted to extend agreement to keep control of private hospitals, records showDepartment minutes say HSE wrote to Government ahead of Cabinet decision to end dealMon Jun 22 2020 - 01:00
Coronavirus: Private hospitals takeover agreed without ‘luxury’ of due diligenceHSE chief Paul Reid warned of likely ‘unforeseen consequences’ of three-month dealMon Jun 22 2020 - 00:45
Private nursing homes treated ‘equitably’ during Covid-19 crisis, health chief saysJim Breslin tells Oireachtas committee new cases in care homes steadily decreasingThu Jun 18 2020 - 15:28
Up to 400,000 may be unemployed by year-end, Covid-19 committee hearsDepartment of Public Expenditure and Reform head warns of significant deficitTue Jun 16 2020 - 18:14
State ‘paying €1.60 on social welfare for every €1 raised in income tax’Oireachtas Covid-19 committee to hear Government could face €30bn deficit this yearTue Jun 16 2020 - 00:43
Number receiving Covid-19 jobless payment dips below 500,000Over 26,000 people to return to work, according to Department of Social ProtectionMon Jun 15 2020 - 14:05
Buses and trains ‘must run around clock’ post-Covid-19NBRU calls for a night time commission to facilitate socially distanced 24-hour societyMon Jun 15 2020 - 01:00
Nursing home deficiencies subject of Hiqa concern at start of AprilStaffing levels and nursing skills ‘not commensurate’ with Covid-19 care needsTue Jun 09 2020 - 01:07
Covid-19: Testing could cost State €450m by year end, says HSEOireachtas committee told current system needs overhaul to be fit for purposeTue Jun 09 2020 - 00:18
Nurses demand inquiry into level of Covid-19 infection in health workersSomething is going wrong on the front lines, says INMO’s Phil Ní SheaghdhaSat May 30 2020 - 00:05
Covid-19: Controversial private hospitals €340m deal leaves legacy of angry doctorsAnalysis: State will take control of facilities again if future pandemic surge appears imminentFri May 29 2020 - 19:10
Private hospitals ‘takeover’ by State will not be extended past JuneDeal came under fire over its cost and the lack of use of much private hospital capacityFri May 29 2020 - 18:32
Coronavirus: Ictu warns against sudden withdrawal of pandemic supportsTrade union says there can be ‘no going back’ to economic and social situation prior to crisisWed May 27 2020 - 08:20
Covid-19: Department was warned of 200 ‘high risk’ nursing homesSome nursing homes say they had to use painter’s overalls due to lack of PPEWed May 27 2020 - 03:05
Hiqa warned HSE about ‘high risk’ nursing homes, committee hearsWatchdog says it provided list of facilities it suspected would struggle with Covid-19Tue May 26 2020 - 17:46
Nearly 7,000 in-patients treated in private hospitals since State takeoverHSE says two private consultants have said they intend to resign from State contractTue May 26 2020 - 14:05
No national clinical oversight of care being delivered to those in nursing homes, watchdog to tell TDsHiqa to raise concerns about care oversight shortcomings for some of State’s most vulnerable citizensTue May 26 2020 - 03:00
Covid-19: Minister confirms review of special unemployment paymentFigures show 35,600 people who were receiving the benefit are now returning to workMon May 25 2020 - 14:41
Coronavirus: Numbers receiving pandemic payment falls as thousands return to workWHO says best distance to keep from people to avoid inhaling droplets is two metresMon May 25 2020 - 13:39
More than 1,400 nursing home healthcare workers infected in outbreaks – HSESiptu wants nursing home workers represented on Minister’s new expert panelMon May 25 2020 - 01:27
Ireland’s coronavirus restrictions may lift more quickly if case numbers keep fallingEasing plans for late July might be brought forward amid growing calls from businessMon May 25 2020 - 01:00
HSE wants to retain most private hospital capacity securedGovernment paid €112.4m to private hospitals in April and first week of MayMon May 25 2020 - 01:00
Government to face opposition for plan to cut €350 Covid-19 paymentVaradkar wants to protect Dublin Metro, BusConnects from State spending reviewsMon May 25 2020 - 01:00
Covid-19 private hospital deal costs State €112m so farDepartment of Health describes spend as ‘advance payments’ and final bill could changeSat May 23 2020 - 16:55
Fears raised over plans for mandatory isolation of travellers into IrelandMinisters discuss stringent measures including 14-day stay at ‘designated facility’Sat May 23 2020 - 01:24
Union says Aer Lingus staff facing lay-offs from JuneFórsa describes airline’s plans as ‘premature’Fri May 22 2020 - 18:48
Government rules out working-from-home allowance for public service personnelSome individuals understood to have sought €3.20 per day paymentFri May 22 2020 - 18:00
Private consultants resign from contract to treat only public patientsGroup of consultants withdrawing from Covid-19 arrangement with the StateThu May 21 2020 - 10:48
Over 200,000 earning more on Covid-19 unemployment paymentOver a third of recipients were paid less than €300 a week before payment was introducedThu May 21 2020 - 02:41
Government to seek extra billions to help cover coronavirus paymentsDáil vote due as Covid-19 outlay likely to deplete €8.6bn budget by June, Donohoe warnsWed May 20 2020 - 02:46
New Covid safety measures could increase cost of National Children’s Hospital by 40%Construction industry suggests cost of house could rise by up to €15,000Tue May 19 2020 - 19:45
Coronavirus: 16 more fatalities brings death toll to 1,561Covid-19 safety measures could add €15,000 to price of new home, says industry bodyTue May 19 2020 - 18:16
Covid-19: Unions seek compensation for infected health staffSiptu says the State should cover losses including the cost of counselling servicesTue May 19 2020 - 16:16
Coronavirus: Crisis set to last years, warns top health official‘Ever-present danger’ of further Covid-19 cases as Ireland partially lifts restrictionsTue May 19 2020 - 00:20
Numbers getting Covid-19 unemployment payment fall by 5,000More than 1.26m workers relying on State for all or part of incomeMon May 18 2020 - 17:31
Women made unemployed after maternity leave due to denial of wage subsidy - unionsIctu says it is ‘not tenable’ that women returning from maternity leave treated differently to other workersMon May 18 2020 - 16:05
Consultants at new children’s hospital will have to pay to use facilitiesConsultants will also face ‘operational costs’ bill for seeing private patients at the hospitalMon May 18 2020 - 01:30
Ban on hospitals testing samples from private consultants lifted after protestsFianna Fáil had sought Taoiseach to reverse ‘outrageous and dangerous’ moveFri May 15 2020 - 18:56
Coronavirus: Private hospitals threaten to pull out of State dealHospitals may seek other arrangements as HSE not sending enough patientsFri May 15 2020 - 01:08
What will private hospitals do for us in the Covid era partnership?Critical questions are being asked about the future of Irish healthcare as the State’s takeover of private operators nears its contract review at the end of MayFri May 15 2020 - 01:00
Covid-19: ‘All my perceived certainties of life were thrown into disarray’Case studies: ‘I don’t want to go to a new doctor and explain the last 20 years of my care’Fri May 15 2020 - 01:00
Tensions between officials over Covid-19 testing plan laid bare in lettersHSE chief and chairman both wrote to department to complain over Holohan announcementThu May 14 2020 - 18:36
Union says replace Metrolink and BusConnects with cheaper alternativesNBRU urges staggered opening times for schools and restructuring of workplacesWed May 13 2020 - 03:22
Technical issues and errors slowing down Covid-19 testing and tracing in IrelandData entry errors, missing contact details and incompatible systems among issuesWed May 13 2020 - 00:12
State must provide funding for bus and rail companies, says unionNBRU in no mood ‘to entertain’ job losses at firms as a result of Covid-19 financial problemsMon May 11 2020 - 16:02
