Harris to come under pressure over briefing note on Phelan caseNote suggests women not automatically being told of smear test review resultsTue May 01 2018 - 12:53
CervicalCheck inquiry to review any impact for other cancer programmesCabinet to discuss scope of HIQA inquiry as well as possible redress schemeTue May 01 2018 - 02:00
Government faces task of restoring faith in cervical screening serviceAnalysis: Timescale needed for introduction of mandatory disclosure of serious incidentsTue May 01 2018 - 01:00
HSE chief defends decision to outsource analysis of smear testsTony O’Brien says he had no knowledge of Vicky Phelan case until he read about it in mediaMon Apr 30 2018 - 20:28
Cervical cancer: Government to establish statutory inquiryHSE says 162 women not told of delayed diagnosisMon Apr 30 2018 - 14:58
Harris considers statutory inquiry into CervicalCheckSeveral women were not told of the delay in their cancer diagnosisSun Apr 29 2018 - 22:58
Volume of anabolic steriods seized in Ireland alarms pharmacistsIPU president criticises lack of progress in rolling out proposed healthcare strategySat Apr 28 2018 - 12:24
Bill to include mandatory open disclosure of serious incidentsHarris to sign regulations on voluntary open disclosure in health service by end of JuneSat Apr 28 2018 - 02:58
Unions optimistic of move to end two-tier pay in public serviceEmployer group says Ministers must hold firm line on pay even if it means strikesSat Apr 28 2018 - 01:00
Pharmacists angry that cuts remain while others have pay restoredIPU conference told of severe risk to the sustainability of community pharmaciesFri Apr 27 2018 - 15:17
Government must face down pay demands - employers' bodyIsme says Irish public servants among best paid in Europe as talks with unions beginFri Apr 27 2018 - 13:11
Over 200 cervical cancer cases should have had ‘earlier’ interventionVicky Phelan row: Simon Harris orders review of screening to ensure best practiceFri Apr 27 2018 - 03:00
Siptu to take part in public service deals only if two-tier pay abolishedTalks between Government and unions on lower-pay arrangements to start on FridayFri Apr 27 2018 - 01:00
Tánaiste apologises to Vicky Phelan over cancer diagnosis delayMinister for Health orders review of Cervical Check screening programmeThu Apr 26 2018 - 14:23
Ross to meet unions as part of transport policy reviewReview will seek to ensure services are sustainable and meet needs of economyThu Apr 26 2018 - 11:43
More air routes in Shannon key to boosting economy in mid west, report saysEconomic impact of Shannon Group put at €3.6bn a year, supporting 46,000 jobsWed Apr 25 2018 - 17:10
HSE deficit set to reach close to €100m for first quarterHospitals saw surge of 17% in number of patients aged over 75 presentingTue Apr 24 2018 - 01:00
Up to 60,000 recent public service hires could be in line for big pay increaseWorkers hired since 2011 may receive €3,300 increase on averageMon Apr 23 2018 - 01:00
Unions want pay rises for new public service staff dealt with in budgetGovernment says €200m needed to tackle two-tier pay system not available until 2020Fri Apr 20 2018 - 16:47
Unions crank up pressure on public service payAnalysis: Unions want immediate progress on pay rates for staff recruited after 2011Fri Apr 20 2018 - 16:32
Teachers who left ASTI may have to go back to former unionIctu finds TUI did not act in line with rules in accepting 1,070 teachers as new membersFri Apr 20 2018 - 01:53
Union urges flexibility for Civil Service to offer higher payCivil servants call for reversal of additional working hours imposed during crisisThu Apr 19 2018 - 20:22
Epidemic of over-payments to civil servants due to errors in centralised pay systemOne civil servant faces having to repay €14,000, while half of those surveyed report pay problems with systemThu Apr 19 2018 - 19:41
Civil servants want to reduce working week as part of new dealFórsa says issue of public service pensions settled on foot of additional contributionsThu Apr 19 2018 - 15:45
Irish Rail curtailed essential engineering work to fund pay riseDrivers accept process which allows operation of 10-minute Dart serviceWed Apr 18 2018 - 22:38
Consultants on €50m waiting list initiative must be specialistsThe on-going controversy over non-specialist-doctors in specialist positions has intensified in recent daysWed Apr 18 2018 - 10:39
Hospitals may face closure under licensing reformsNew legislation will make licences dependent on consultants completing specialist trainingTue Apr 17 2018 - 01:00
Wait for driving tests could rise to more than a year, union warnsFórsa predicts major surge in demand for tests on foot of new Road Traffic BillFri Apr 13 2018 - 12:44
Employment scheme supervisors may strike over pensions‘We spend our careers helping the disadvantaged... but when we retire, we become disadvantaged ourselves’Fri Apr 13 2018 - 12:32
Warning of industrial action at Aer LingusUnion criticises airline over withdrawal from dispute resolution mechanismThu Apr 12 2018 - 16:23
Psychiatric nurses to consider strike action over payNurses also want pay parity with therapists working in the health serviceThu Apr 12 2018 - 09:55
Government to remove 17,000 from hospital waiting lists under initiativeNumber of patients waiting longer than nine months forecast to fall from 22,500 to 12,500Thu Apr 12 2018 - 01:18
Up to 14,000 carers to get free GP care under initiativeMeasure to be implemented this year subject to legislation – Department of HealthWed Apr 11 2018 - 18:45
Civil servants seek increased ‘divorce leave’Forsa trade union to demand three days’ leave for members separating or divorcingWed Apr 11 2018 - 18:14
Trolley numbers rise with almost 600 patients waiting admissionINMO says hospital overcrowding now out of control with largest number in DublinWed Apr 11 2018 - 14:05
Doctors warn against private practice curbsIMO president predict shortage of specialists if Sláintecare proposals are implementedSun Apr 08 2018 - 16:10
Doctors urged to ‘start charging for everything’ to win new dealMinister says Government wants to spend ‘many millions more’ on general practiceSat Apr 07 2018 - 19:54
‘We have no option but to reform’ healthcare system, says HarrisIMO warns medical profession is ‘under attack’ and doctors are ‘sick of so-called reform’Sat Apr 07 2018 - 19:40
HSE assigning violent patients to GPs without consultation – conference hearsIMO urges HSE to establish separate service for care of violent or aggressive patientsSat Apr 07 2018 - 14:20
One-third of doctors in Irish hospitals suffering burnoutIMO conference told burnout is most likely for young women doctors working long hoursSat Apr 07 2018 - 01:00
Ambulance staff seek lower retirement age of 55Siptu says paramedics will reject any Government move to raise retirement ageFri Apr 06 2018 - 16:24
State faces existential crisis in healthcare, says HSE chiefAny reform plan without cross-party support is doomed to fail, claims Tony O’BrienThu Apr 05 2018 - 21:09
Ten per cent of Irish adults are being prescribed antidepressantsPsychiatrist says antidepressants best used as part of combination treatmentThu Apr 05 2018 - 18:52
Paschal Donohoe under budget pressure on teacher pay ‘red line’Independent Alliance and Fianna Fáil say that pay must be restoredThu Apr 05 2018 - 01:00
TUI to shun religious education opt-outUnion concerned no additional resources provided to schools to implement new rulesWed Apr 04 2018 - 16:26
Bruton tells teachers Government hopes for progress on two-tier payTeachers hold posters calling for ‘equal pay now’ during minister’s speechWed Apr 04 2018 - 13:22
Air Corps cadets on the ground for a year before learning to flyRepresentative body claims manpower and skillset levels falling in Defence ForcesWed Apr 04 2018 - 01:00
Strike action by teachers could trigger pay losses, warns BrutonTeachers’ unions form united front to demand progress on equal payWed Apr 04 2018 - 00:01
TUI backs industrial action campaign if talks fail on pay equalityDelegate tell TUI conference of earning €7,000 per year less than other colleaguesTue Apr 03 2018 - 19:58
Teachers’ unions threaten strike action over unequal payASTI, TUI, INTO ask Government for pledge by next month on ending two-tier salariesTue Apr 03 2018 - 16:46
