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
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
