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
Teachers disproportionately hit by austerity cuts, says union leaderTeachers threaten to pull political support over two-tier pay systemTue Apr 03 2018 - 13:56
Prospect of further schools strike over two-tier pay systemRow over salary structure that sees teachers recruited since 2011 receive less is threatening to boil over into full disputeTue Apr 03 2018 - 08:41
Loyalty bonus of €22,000 for Aer Corps pilots recommendedPlan to address vacancies in Defence Forces could trigger other pay demandsTue Apr 03 2018 - 01:45
Siptu urges end to pay cuts for public service staff who stay on beyond age 65Union says it will take matter to the Labour CourtMon Apr 02 2018 - 20:57
Half of new teachers don’t see themselves staying in professionMost newly recruited teachers say they would stay on if pay restoration was restoredMon Apr 02 2018 - 11:27
No need for third terminal at Dublin Airport, unions sayIctu submission argues passenger growth can be met by two existing terminalsMon Apr 02 2018 - 05:00
GPs will not get funding restored ‘for nothing’, says VaradkarTaoiseach says Fempi restoration could cost €120m but GPs argue the sector is in crisisMon Apr 02 2018 - 03:45
New GP deal essential if health reforms to go aheadThe Government and the IMO have been engaged in negotiations for over a yearMon Apr 02 2018 - 03:00
Lecturers in Institutes of Technology ballot for industrial actionTUI says workload of academic staff is “completely unsustainable”Fri Mar 30 2018 - 13:04
Only 15% of Civil Service staff believe ‘poor performance’ being tackledSurvey finds staff feel more positive about work and areas over which they had controlWed Mar 28 2018 - 22:12
GPs reject Government proposals to link reversal of fee cuts to contract reformsSimon Harris to brief Cabinet on plans for reforms to general practice this weekSun Mar 25 2018 - 19:30
HSE should have designated facilities for ‘dangerous’ patients, GP conference hearsDoctors reporting physical assaults, verbal abuse and threats to themselves, their staff and patients from other patientsSat Mar 24 2018 - 18:40
GPs reject proposals to link reversal of fee cuts to service improvements and reformsNational Association of GPs says abolition of cuts must not be conditional on additional workSat Mar 24 2018 - 13:50
Talks on GP fees in return for improved services expected soonGPs pressing Government for reversal of cuts imposed following the economic crashFri Mar 23 2018 - 22:39
Governance issues see ‘valued members’ quit GP groupNAGP president says doctors concerned over free trips abroad and use of €168,000 fundFri Mar 23 2018 - 20:05
Row over planned 24/7 consultant roles at National Children’s HospitalIrish Medical Organisation says change of shifts would require national negotiationsFri Mar 23 2018 - 01:00
10,000 patients in HSE facilities attacked, intimidated by other patientsFianna Fáil says publicly-funded hospitals should have to provide data on incidentsFri Mar 23 2018 - 00:00
GPs to urge Government to begin reversing financial cutsGPs seek clarity on healthcare reform programme before agreeing new contractThu Mar 22 2018 - 16:59
Donohoe rules out return to social partnershipMinister for Finance says Government wants new form of engagement with unionsWed Mar 21 2018 - 13:28
Unions seek tax relief on members’ subsFórsa to argue that current rules discriminate against PAYE workersWed Mar 21 2018 - 05:55
FF to insist public pay equality process begins in budgetCost of ending two-tier pay system for 60,000 hired since 2011 estimated at €200mSat Mar 17 2018 - 06:00
Ending two-tier pay system in public service would cost €200mGovernment report says lower paid State employees paid much more than those in private sectorFri Mar 16 2018 - 19:46
Report paves way for talks on two-tier payAnalysis: Government aims to deal with post-2011 pay cuts within scope of existing dealFri Mar 16 2018 - 19:46
Union warns of ‘flashpoints’ after Bus Éireann loses routesAny further moves to open routes to tender would ‘inevitably’ mean industrial unrestFri Mar 16 2018 - 14:23
Figures show over 500,000 out-patients still awaiting treatmentNumber awaiting in-patient and day-case treatment down slightly on previous monthWed Mar 14 2018 - 20:57
Local authority staff to seek additional leave for working in snowGardai may also seek similar arrangements on foot of extra days off given to HSE staffWed Mar 14 2018 - 18:56
Trolley numbers fall but still 100 more than when national emergency declared in 2006Nurses say 13 children on trolleys awaiting admission in Dublin paediatric hospitalsWed Mar 14 2018 - 12:26
HSE audit highlights weak financial controls at Our Lady’s HospiceAuditors indicate doubts over ownership of house on which hospice spent €94,000Tue Mar 13 2018 - 14:39
Our Lady’s Hospice apologises for financial control weaknesses in the pastHospice says it has implemented all HSE auditors’ recommendationsTue Mar 13 2018 - 14:02
Hospice criticised for awarding €119,000 contract to firm linked to former CEOAuditors say hospice did not comply with tendering process for training contractTue Mar 13 2018 - 12:30
Hospice criticised over €119,000 contract for top manager's relativeAuditors also highlight credit card spending on wine, restaurant, pub and theatreMon Mar 12 2018 - 20:57
Number of patients on hospital trolleys hits new high of 714‘I have heard of a 64-year-old man spending 4½ days on a trolley in Tallaght hospital’Mon Mar 12 2018 - 13:26
Meat processor forces staff to sacrifice two days' leave over snowSiptu condemns move but Dawn Meats insists arrangements in line with sector normsMon Mar 12 2018 - 01:35
Fianna Fáil in pledge to address teacher pay gap and health staff retentionMicheál Martin says social partnership got out of hand prior to its collapse in 2009Thu Mar 08 2018 - 16:36
