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
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
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
Almost 12,500 people are on waiting lists for eye proceduresOptometrists say treatment delays arecompromising health of patientsSun Sept 17 2017 - 12:10
An Post staff to receive 3.5% pay riseCWU accepts Labour Court recommendation on pay increasesFri Sept 15 2017 - 20:10
Nurses and doctors vote for new public service pay dealDeal will see wage rises of between 6.2% and 10%, depending on when person was hiredFri Sept 15 2017 - 16:52
Teachers’ strike vote not an immediate threat of shut schoolsNew public pay deal will be ratified by Ictu on Monday despite rejection by TUIThu Sept 14 2017 - 21:38
Teachers, lecturers vote for industrial action over pay gapTeachers Union of Ireland rejects the new public service agreement by 87% to 13%Thu Sept 14 2017 - 20:52
HSE paid €1.3m to pharmacy under State schemesDental practice received €381,000 in payments from health authorityWed Sept 13 2017 - 01:00
Alleged breaches of private practice limits by consultants to be raised in courtThe State is facing High Court actions from about 500 hospital consultants over the failure to pay them agreed levels of salary nearly a decade agoMon Sept 11 2017 - 01:00
Doctors oppose tackling GP shortage with nurse-led clinicsIMO urges Government to introduce new attractive contracts for GPs to combat issueMon Sept 11 2017 - 01:00
Real prospect of teachers going their own way on public pay agreementAnalysis: Retention of two-tier pay structure remains an issue for teaching unionsSat Sept 09 2017 - 16:58
Unions give Iarnród Éireann deadline of late September for pay offerUnions warn of ballot for industrial action and reject pay link to additional productivityFri Sept 08 2017 - 12:55
Agency doctors ‘can earn €71,000 more than those in full-time posts’Agency doctors in dispute with HSE over reduced fees under new framework contractFri Sept 08 2017 - 01:00
Varadkar ‘will not accept excuses’ for failure to improve health serviceTaoiseach: ‘People entitled to fifth best health service in the world’ for fifth biggest spendThu Sept 07 2017 - 18:16
Aer Lingus staff to receive 8.5% pay rise over 39 monthsAverage increases of about 2.6% annually proposed in Labour Court recommendationThu Sept 07 2017 - 13:08
HSE overspending to create €300m financial deficitGovernment tells HSE to draw up plans for making massive savings in health systemThu Sept 07 2017 - 05:00
HSE blames Government for much of health spending over-runDepartment of Health says HSE’s financial performance ‘extremely disappointing’Thu Sept 07 2017 - 01:00
Unions urge Government to scrap 9% tourism VAT rateIctu calls for major local authority house-building programme to be in next budgetWed Sept 06 2017 - 22:00
Irish hospitals hit by wildcat work stoppages by doctors in pay rowRow centres on cut in agency pay to €34 an hour, which HSE says is 36% above staff rateMon Sept 04 2017 - 20:09
Doctors urged to back public pay dealIMO recommends acceptance of accord, but says it still has ‘reservations’Sun Sept 03 2017 - 18:37
Iarnród Éireann pay claim talks to start on MondayUnions warn that row could lead to new transport dispute if unresolvedSun Sept 03 2017 - 18:33
RTÉ to offer improved redundancy terms to 300 staffBroadcaster’s severance scheme to be more generous than HSE packageThu Aug 31 2017 - 05:45
Siptu warns of dispute looming at Iarnród ÉireannRailway firm says mooted pay rise request of 3.75% would have ‘catastrophic impact’Tue Aug 29 2017 - 19:57
Some Ballydoyle staff worked almost entire months last yearGrooms and exercise riders not exempt from working hours law, WRC inspector saysTue Aug 29 2017 - 13:51
Train drivers to get 1.15% rise for ‘past productivity’Iarnród Éireann warns general pay rises would have catastrophic impact on financesTue Aug 29 2017 - 01:00
Nurses urged by their union to back new public service pay dealExamination of recruitment and retention difficulties in nursing to be acceleratedMon Aug 28 2017 - 19:50
Aidan O’Brien seeks flexibility to allow staff work on days offBallydoyle horse racing yard appealing WRC notice for excessive working hoursMon Aug 28 2017 - 19:45
Incentives or quotas could curb rise in drug spending – reviewDepartment of Public Expenditure paper says €2bn being spent on drugs each yearSat Jul 22 2017 - 01:00
Crane operators stop working on 100 building sitesConstruction Industry Federation criticises action that targets particular companiesFri Jul 21 2017 - 14:04
Former EU official to head review of voluntary hospitals in health serviceHarris wants three-person panel to report within a yearFri Jul 21 2017 - 11:57
Waiting lists in public hospitals ‘out of control’Patients waiting up to nine years for appointment at Waterford hospital, report saysThu Jul 20 2017 - 11:10
‘Poached’ crane operators should join Siptu, Ictu recommendsSiptu had complained that Unite had taken about 50 crane operators into its unionThu Jul 20 2017 - 10:10
46% of population covered by private health insurance as market growsAverage premium rose marginally last year by 0.3 per cent to €1,177 per personWed Jul 19 2017 - 11:41
Union accused of lifting crane operators from rivalIctu to adjudicate on dispute between Siptu and Unite over alleged poaching of membersWed Jul 19 2017 - 01:00
Taoiseach: minimum wage hike is modest but ahead of inflationEmployer representatives on Low Pay Commission disagree with proposalsTue Jul 18 2017 - 19:32
Impact members vote to support public service pay dealUnion says talks to address inequities in pay for new entrants should begin immediatelyMon Jul 17 2017 - 20:37
Bus Éireann seeks bus only lanes on motorwaysBus Éireann also wants National Transport Authority to focus more on services outside DublinMon Jul 17 2017 - 05:23
