Taoiseach to turn sod on two new hospital developmentsWork to start on facilities at Connolly and National Rehabilitation HospitalSun Oct 22 2017 - 21:34
Children’s hospital board appeals requirement for sprinkler systemBoard says the fire safety design is ‘compliant with and indeed exceeds current regulations’Sun Oct 22 2017 - 16:59
Rail strike will be fourth major transport dispute in two yearsIarnród Éireann staff taking lead from bus and Luas actions in call for pay increaseFri Oct 20 2017 - 21:16
Rail unions announce five 24-hour strikes from NovemberStoppages will be held on November 1st, 7th, 14th and 23rd; and on December 8thFri Oct 20 2017 - 17:21
Rank -and-file gardai vote to back new public service pay dealMembers of GRA support by 62.7% to 37.3% agreement which will give wage hikesFri Oct 20 2017 - 13:12
No HSE funding to restore pay in grant-aided Section 39 bodiesRestoration for state organisations but none offered to community service providersThu Oct 19 2017 - 01:00
New talks to try avert potential train strikes to take place on ThursdayUnion warns of disruption to rail network within days if no tangible pay offer madeWed Oct 18 2017 - 14:14
Doctors without specialist qualifications face contract terminationConsultants body says 81 doctors working at public hospitals who are not on specialist registerTue Oct 17 2017 - 01:00
Government to re-establish board to oversee operation of HSENew group to assess impact of eliminating private practice in public hospitalsFri Oct 13 2017 - 20:49
Sláintecare: ‘Single-tier’ health sector plan will face resistanceThis is the third radical overhaul of the health care system in roughly a decadeFri Oct 13 2017 - 20:48
Bus Éireann hires coaches for 300 services after staff miss work - MinisterRegina Doherty claims ‘unofficial labour dispute’ cost company €150,000 last weekFri Oct 13 2017 - 20:10
Public service pension and retirement costs set to reach €3.1bnMilitary pension bill now almost 50% of cost of pay for serving Defence Forces personnelThu Oct 12 2017 - 07:57
Public service staff levels return to peak levelsNumbers on State payroll growing by 8,000 per year , Government expenditure report suggestsWed Oct 11 2017 - 22:23
Government to target waiting lists, but only modest funding for health reformsBudget 2018: Extra €471m for capital spending; just €25m for shift to primary careTue Oct 10 2017 - 21:18
Budget 2018: Abolition of extra working hours could cost €620mRetain the additional hours public service staff must work since 2013, says departmentTue Oct 10 2017 - 16:35
Cost of ‘Fair Deal’ scheme could rise significantly, department warnsBudget 2018 paper says spending on programme covering 23,000 ‘sustainable’ so farTue Oct 10 2017 - 16:32
Budget 2018: Health service to get extra €685m next yearIncrease to cut waiting lists and provide more homecare packages and transitional bedsTue Oct 10 2017 - 15:28
Over 80 doctors working in hospitals not on specialist register, figures showConsultants’ body to tell Medical Council crisis is due to HSE difficulties recruiting and retaining staffMon Oct 09 2017 - 03:01
Capacity of ‘six Croke Parks’ on out-patient waiting lists, doctors toldAvoidable deaths taking place in hospitals due to unacceptable treatment delays -- IHCASat Oct 07 2017 - 14:26
Study will guide Harris over ban of private patients in public hospitals‘Will politicians, backed by clinicians, be willing to stand up to drinks industry?’ Minister asksSat Oct 07 2017 - 12:04
Harris ‘appalled’ after drain fluid used on children at dental clinicParents do not expect child to come into contact with bleach at dentists, Minister saysSat Oct 07 2017 - 11:08
Ban on private practice would cause ‘mass exodus’ of consultantsIHCA warns reforms could impoverish public hospitals and lead to catastrophic failureSat Oct 07 2017 - 01:00
Iarnród Éireann staff can ‘no longer subsidise’ rail systemSiptu says it will ‘vehemently’ oppose the underfunding of public transport sectorThu Oct 05 2017 - 13:44
Employers will face pay claims over housing crisis, Ictu warnsPatricia King urges abolition of lower VAT rate for the hospitality sector in the budgetThu Oct 05 2017 - 13:18
Older people to make gains in Budget 2018Bereavement grant, prescription charge caps and pension increases all on the cardsThu Oct 05 2017 - 03:01
Siptu warns of disruption in disability services over pay cutsGovernment claims pay discrepancy for agency workers is not a matter for the StateWed Oct 04 2017 - 18:45
Rail staff currently balloting for strikesPay row at Iarnród Éireann likely to end in industrial action, Siptu conference toldTue Oct 03 2017 - 17:16
Siptu to call for referendum on collective bargaining rightsJack O’Connor to step down as president of State’s largest union after 14 yearsTue Oct 03 2017 - 14:00
Tax-cuts campaign is a ‘con job’, Siptu boss warnsJack O’Connor claims the proposals would degrade public services and benefit ‘bandits’Tue Oct 03 2017 - 01:00
Harris aims to increase number of children with free GP careNational Treatment Purchase Fund to begin endoscopy outsourcing plan this monthSun Oct 01 2017 - 21:03
New GP contract will not be negotiated this year, union warnsIMO also says extending the number covered by free GP care scheme is ‘not a priority’Fri Sept 29 2017 - 21:43
Health bodies found non-compliant with pay, procurement rulesComptroller and Auditor General says issues highlight governance problems across sectorFri Sept 29 2017 - 13:41
Rail strike looms as industrial talks break downNBRU and Siptu to ballot staff at Iarnród Éireann in the coming weeks over pay concernsWed Sept 27 2017 - 22:00
Dunnes Stores staff to receive a 3% pay riseUnion says it will continue to pursue certainty of working hours and full time jobsWed Sept 27 2017 - 14:02
Absenteeism surges at Bus Éireann amid row over ‘Dickensian’ rostersBus company says disciplinary action will be taken ‘up to and including dismissal’Tue Sept 26 2017 - 18:20
Move to keep ban on strikes a ‘flagrant injustice’, gardaí sayGovernment backs recommendation Garda bodies should not become trade unionsTue Sept 26 2017 - 16:18
Garda bodies unlikely to be happy with a process they felt excluded fromAnalysis: a working group estabished by the Government said the law should remainTue Sept 26 2017 - 07:49
Gardaí should not be given right to strike, report saysGovernment review calls for new measures to prevent industrial action by Garda membersTue Sept 26 2017 - 01:00
Secondary teachers’ unions in row over ‘poaching’ of membersASTI accuses TUI of recruiting a number of its members during dispute with GovernmentMon Sept 25 2017 - 01:11
INTO to take part in new Government review of pay equalityUnion faces backlash from members over decision to participate in the evaluationSat Sept 23 2017 - 15:54
Strikes on railways on the way over pay, NBRU chief forecastsUnion threatens strike ballot if no ‘credible’ pay offer made by WednesdayFri Sept 22 2017 - 18:29
Ryanair pilots reject bonus and threaten to work to ruleFurther flight cancellations loom as airline’s roster solution deemed inadequateWed Sept 20 2017 - 21:41
Trade unions warn of higher pay demands if housing costs continue to risePatricia King says unions would intervene if Government fails to act on housing crisisWed Sept 20 2017 - 16:11
Varadkar not for turning on under-par senior public servantsUnions counter Taoiseach’s comments by saying performance management already ‘robust’Mon Sept 18 2017 - 21:21
Teachers who reject pay deal ‘will not receive salary increases’Paschal Donohoe issues warning to public service groups who do not back new accordMon Sept 18 2017 - 17:23
Billions required to repair healthcare system, consultants sayPatients at one hospital wait up to nine years to see doctor, according to submission to GovernmentMon Sept 18 2017 - 02:00
Public service unions to ratify new pay dealDeal backed by Siptu, Impact, nurses, doctors and middle and lower civil servantsMon Sept 18 2017 - 01:00
Public service pay: ‘Disgraceful treatment of new teachers . . . must be addressed’Some backed teachers’ pay deal as step in right direction, others found it grossly unfairMon Sept 18 2017 - 01:00
Irish hospitals ‘beginning to fail’, senior doctors warnConsultants’ group says Government needs to invest more than €5bn into health systemMon Sept 18 2017 - 01:00
Almost 12,500 people are on waiting lists for eye proceduresOptometrists say treatment delays arecompromising health of patientsSun Sept 17 2017 - 12:10
