Nurses say 542 people waiting on trolleys or wards for hospital bedIrish Nurses and Midwives Organisation says worst overcrowding is Limerick hospitalTue Oct 16 2018 - 10:35
Nurses expected to reject Government pay proposals in ballotINMO special conference had urged members to turn down pay proposalsMon Oct 15 2018 - 21:41
Staff in institutes of technology begin industrial actionUnion’s move comes amid dispute over demand for job evaluation schemeMon Oct 15 2018 - 11:19
Second-level teachers to vote on two-tier pay proposalASTI decides to ballot union members without giving a recommendationSat Oct 13 2018 - 14:50
CervicalCheck controversy: State may take over examination of some smear testsStaff in one private lab would be offered posts in public service under new proposalsSat Oct 13 2018 - 00:04
Pilot groups call Ryanair base closures a ‘declaration of war’Airline dismisses claims it is punishing industrial action and defends need for closuresFri Oct 12 2018 - 16:09
Harris hits out at FF leader’s ‘disgraceful conduct’ over Fitzgerald resignationFormer tánaiste was ‘hounded’ from office, senior Minister claimsFri Oct 12 2018 - 11:34
HSE says industrial action by ambulance staff could endanger serviceDispute centres on union representation rights and deduction of subscriptionWed Oct 10 2018 - 21:55
Staff in institutes of technology to take industrial actionFórsa serves notice on behalf of library and clerical staff seeking job evaluation processWed Oct 10 2018 - 21:48
Government talks on a new GP contract to re-commenceIMO says it is expecting Government to put forward serious proposalsWed Oct 10 2018 - 10:15
Maximising efficiency in general practice could save €100m, report findsReview says nurses in GP practices should do routine procedures and triage patientsWed Oct 10 2018 - 00:03
Ambulance personnel to stage industrial action from WednesdayDispute centres on union representation rights and deduction of subscriptionWed Oct 10 2018 - 00:00
Health: Warning over sustainability of healthcare spendingReview says health service consistently fails to manage within its budget allocationTue Oct 09 2018 - 19:50
Nurses say there are 525 patients waiting on trolleysINMO says University Hospital Limerick is most affected by overcrowdingTue Oct 09 2018 - 11:04
Budget to extend free GP care to 100,000 more peopleHealth and housing to be main focus with mild income tax cuts for middle earnersTue Oct 09 2018 - 08:55
Main revenue-raising measure in budget will be end of special 9% hospitality VAT rateAll social welfare payments will increase by €5 from next year, with the Christmas bonus restored to a double paymentMon Oct 08 2018 - 22:02
Simon Harris rejects claim new maternity hospital project may collapseMinister says he hopes to ‘green light’ the project by the end of this yearSun Oct 07 2018 - 17:14
Children’s hospital ‘will fail’ if ‘right people’ are not recruited, consultant saysMinister says he accepts the two-tier pay system for consultants is unfair and has to be addressedSat Oct 06 2018 - 15:42
Bogus self-employment costs State €300m per year, union saysGovernment to stamp out practice ‘that remains widespread in a growing construction industry’Sat Oct 06 2018 - 10:48
Warning that patients may go blind due to delays in eye care provisionConsultants’ concerns about impact of large waiting lists aired at conferenceSat Oct 06 2018 - 10:08
Government talks with GPs to re-convene next weekIMO seeks time limit on talks about new services and working arrangementsThu Oct 04 2018 - 19:46
Siptu to seek pay rises for healthcare assistants, conference toldJob reviews could lead to healthcare assistants receiving pay boost of up to € 4,000Thu Oct 04 2018 - 17:54
‘Good chance’ McGrath will support early renegotiation of public payMinister of State addresses Siptu health conference on his support for public sector health workersThu Oct 04 2018 - 15:39
Section 39 workers to get €1,000 in April in pay restoration dealHealthcare assistants largest group to benefit from new pay dealThu Oct 04 2018 - 01:33
New integrated bodies will run hospital and community services, says HarrisMinister says 600 additional hospital beds will be delivered within three yearsWed Oct 03 2018 - 13:23
Worker at HSE-funded agency’s €16,700 for time in lieuPressing matters identified in KARE organisation which helps the intellectually disabledWed Oct 03 2018 - 01:00
Deal agreed on pay restoration for health and social services staffMore than 7,000 workers in ‘section 39 bodies’ to benefitTue Oct 02 2018 - 22:04
Union warns of bus strikes over potential privatisationNational Transport Authority proposes 10% of Bus Éireann routes should be put to marketTue Oct 02 2018 - 15:13
Defence Force bodies may be permitted to affiliate to IctuMinister expected to rule out granting military personnel the right to strikeTue Oct 02 2018 - 00:09
Nearly 8,000 patients were on trolleys in hospitals last monthINMO says some hospitals experienced record overcrowding levels for a SeptemberMon Oct 01 2018 - 12:24
Dublin Bus drivers to get €1.4m over privatisation of routesRoutes being taken over by Go-Ahead will lead to base and roster changes for some staffMon Oct 01 2018 - 03:00
Donohoe set to cut property tax rate after the budgetIndependent Alliance pressure to unveil measure in budget resisted by MinisterMon Oct 01 2018 - 02:00
Serious weaknesses in system used by HSE to monitor private practice in hospitalsHSE generated over €300m in income from private patients in public hospitals last yearFri Sept 28 2018 - 15:02
State has paid out more than €1.5bn in Hep C blood contamination scandalHepatitic C treatment costs range from €23,000 to €92,000, report saysFri Sept 28 2018 - 14:12
Review urges new permit system for overseas seasonal workersNearly 30% rise in applications for employment permits this yearFri Sept 28 2018 - 06:00
Thousands of additional hospital beds needed, doctors warnIn pre-budget submissions, IMO and IHCA urge Government to invest for years aheadThu Sept 27 2018 - 20:51
TUI to ballot members on Government pay deal proposalsTeachers’ union declines to make recommendation on plan to tackle two-tier systemWed Sept 26 2018 - 20:52
Propect of strikes increases as unions urge nurses to reject pay proposalsINMO claims Government measures were ‘designed to be divisive’Wed Sept 26 2018 - 17:58
GPs demand freedom to opt out of plans for abortion servicesGroup of medics attend meeting chaired by anti-abortion TD Mattie McGrath to voice concernsWed Sept 26 2018 - 13:36
Allowance increase could benefit 18,000 nurses, says GovernmentPay Commission finding that nurse retention is not an issue is ‘inaccurate’, says nurses’ groupWed Sept 26 2018 - 00:24
Government hopes ending two-tier pay system will prevent strikesDonohoe warns benefits will apply only to groups that stay within public service accordMon Sept 24 2018 - 21:06
Government proposes deal to end two-tier public pay systemInitiative could be worth more than €3,000 a year for 35,000 staff recruited since 2011Mon Sept 24 2018 - 19:55
Pay to be restored for up to 60,000 public sector workersTeachers, nurses, gardaí hired since 2011 to benefit by average of about €3,300Sat Sept 22 2018 - 00:12
Call to end two-tier pay structure for consultantsFuture of public hospital care at stake unless Government acts, says specialists’ associationFri Sept 21 2018 - 15:33
Consultants warn industrial action over two-tier pay system more likelyDoctors say Government tabled no concrete proposals at talks on WednesdayWed Sept 19 2018 - 20:33
Ambulance staff to stage industrial action next monthDispute centres on union representation rights and deduction of subscriptionsWed Sept 19 2018 - 17:59
‘Section 39’ health and social care staff set to get 1% pay risePay rise in January would be backdated to October under proposals put to unionsTue Sept 18 2018 - 19:55
New chairman of HSE appointed by GovernmentBritish Council chief Ciarán Devane will head up new board overseeing health executive’s operationsTue Sept 18 2018 - 13:38
Bus Éireann staff could strike over pay rise row, union warnsNBRU general secretary says employees have not had wage increase in more than 10 yearsTue Sept 18 2018 - 12:54
Health agencies face potential insolvency over pensionsVoluntary providers could receive court orders if they continue with current practicesMon Sept 17 2018 - 01:00
