Impact urges members to back new public service agreementCabinet formally approves terms of draft accordTue Jun 13 2017 - 17:51
ASTI leaders under pressure following strategy U-turnCalls for leadership figures to resign after members vote to suspend industrial actionMon Jun 12 2017 - 01:00
ASTI members to suspend industrial actionSecondary teachers’ union approves the move at a special convention in DublinSat Jun 10 2017 - 18:21
Primary school teacher union to urge rejection of pay dealINTO opposes public sector deal over ‘inadequate’ provisions for lower-paid teachersFri Jun 09 2017 - 16:46
Groups have mixed views on new public pay agreementASTI head voices extreme disappointment over provisions for new entrantsThu Jun 08 2017 - 18:38
Teachers and gardaí criticise new public service pay dealGRA says requirement for gardaí to pay more for pensions ‘deeply disappointing’Thu Jun 08 2017 - 18:33
TUI says deal ‘wholly inadequate’ in tackling two-tier payTwo-tier pay structure to be assessed overa 12-month period in 2018Thu Jun 08 2017 - 16:55
Analysis: At €880m, public pay deal will not come cheapAverage-earning staff appointed before 2013 to get increases of about €4,000 over 3 yearsThu Jun 08 2017 - 07:22
Draft pay deal: State employees offered average pay rises of 6.6% by 2020Civil and public service staff hired since 2013 are in line for 7% to 10% rises over the periodThu Jun 08 2017 - 07:02
Government pay and pension proposals not yet tabled at talksMeasures on increasing the level of Saturday working have been dilutedWed Jun 07 2017 - 19:42
Second union warns of potential strikes at Iarnród ÉireannRail company says pay rises unaffordable as it is on verge of insolvencyWed Jun 07 2017 - 14:09
Pay talks with State employees to restart this afternoonGovernment negotiators indicate time required to ‘crunch numbers’, say sourcesWed Jun 07 2017 - 06:00
Sides remain divided over public service agreementGovernment insisting on greater pension contributions from most in public serviceWed Jun 07 2017 - 01:00
Train passengers could face widespread travel ‘chaos’, union warnsNational Bus and Rail Union could be ‘forced into’ summer and autumn disruption as it seeks pay risesTue Jun 06 2017 - 15:54
Deep divisions as Government looks to save €550m in pensionsPublic service pay talks continue in Dublin on whether a new public service accord will be agreedTue Jun 06 2017 - 14:16
Iarnród Éireann ‘nearly insolvent’ due to lossesTrain operator says financial position much more severe than that in Bus ÉireannTue Jun 06 2017 - 01:00
Pay and pensions on table as pay talks intensify todayProspects for reaching new accord likely to become clear on Tuesday or WednesdayTue Jun 06 2017 - 00:00
Unions believe talks on public pay deal will end on WednesdayMajor disagreements have arisen on outsourcing and Saturday workingFri Jun 02 2017 - 17:03
HSE says findings of audit into secret payments at St John of God ‘quite shocking’Vatican linked to €1.8m confidential payouts to senior charity chiefsFri Jun 02 2017 - 12:53
HSE audit scathing over St John of God secret payments to managersOrder’s organisational culture failed to meet required standards, audit saysFri Jun 02 2017 - 05:30
Government expected to table new public sector pay proposalsSome unions unhappy at failure of public service managers to get down to specificsTue May 30 2017 - 21:50
Government fails to set out public pay proposalsOfficials have yet to outline specific plans after six days of talks on a new agreementTue May 30 2017 - 01:00
Government reiterates stance on public service pensions in pay talksSiptu argues pay restoration for State employee cannot be linked extra productivity requestsMon May 29 2017 - 13:38
New public service pay deal faces obstacles, union warnsImpact says ‘troubling straws in the wind’ have emerged in talks with GovernmentMon May 29 2017 - 01:00
State needs to spend ‘up to €10bn on healthcare upgrades’Doctors call for investment to bring infrastructure up to adequate standardsMon May 29 2017 - 01:00
Unions baulk at Government wish list as public sector talks beginProposals on outsourcing could derail deal, and big-ticket items haven’t even come up yetSat May 27 2017 - 01:00
Public servants’ Saturday payment set for reviewState wants to add provision for potential introduction of Saturday work to agreementFri May 26 2017 - 22:11
Siptu to keep political fund despite break from Labour PartySpecial conference agrees to increase contributions from 63c per year to €1.04Thu May 25 2017 - 22:00
Siptu to block pay agreement if outsourcing protections easedRepresentatives to reject any attempt to force gardaí to pay higher pension contributionsThu May 25 2017 - 21:54
Abolishing extra public service hours ‘would cost €621m per year’Government defends additional hours requirement on third day of pay talksWed May 24 2017 - 16:29
Unions in pay talks oppose plan to allow more outsourcingGovernment to set out pension reform plans during further discussions on WednesdayTue May 23 2017 - 20:57
Unite would not attend Labour Court if members banned from strikingUnion criticises Varadkar’s proposals as ‘anti-worker and anti-democratic’Tue May 23 2017 - 20:04
Unions told resources for pay rises to be very limited in 2018Government to seek increased productivity and work-practice changes in new pay dealMon May 22 2017 - 19:18
Saturday working could become standard day in public serviceAs part of reforms clock-in would be based on fingerprinting and iris scansMon May 22 2017 - 17:29
Leo Varadkar says he will ban public sector strikes in ‘essential’ areasLeadership candidate threatens to overturn rival Simon Coveney’s ‘help to buy’ planMon May 22 2017 - 15:00
Ross says Bus Éireann can be successful as unions agree to pay cutsProposals include 10% pay cuts to earnings over €60k and the closure of Dundalk garageMon May 22 2017 - 13:47
Public service unions divided ahead of crucial pay talksConcerns that process – due to start today – could be delayed by FG leadership situationMon May 22 2017 - 01:00
VHI will not pay for consultants not on specialist registerHSE indicates hospitals could pursue patients if bill not settled by insurance firmThu May 18 2017 - 01:00
Nurses warn of threat to industrial stability ahead of pay talksDonohoe says Government will not agree to separate pay deal for 50,000 health staffWed May 17 2017 - 20:29
Failure to agree public pay deal would be ‘appalling vista’ - MinisterUnions to meet Workplace Relations Commission ahead of opening of talksWed May 17 2017 - 11:35
Health sector demands threaten to complicate pay talksAnalysis: Demands could pose problems for Government and for unions in other sectorsWed May 17 2017 - 05:30
Government formally invites unions to new public pay talksNegotiations on extending the Lansdowne Road Agreement to get under way next weekTue May 16 2017 - 19:41
Health recruitment difficulties must be tackled in pay talks - unionsDoctors, nurses and midwives accuse Government of ‘head in the sand’ approach on recruitmentTue May 16 2017 - 16:11
Hospitals hiring doctors without specialist skill, say consultantsHosptial consultants association: Appointments to fill posts compromising patient careMon May 15 2017 - 07:00
Report outlines public hospitals’ struggle to recruit consultantsWaterford, Letterkenny, Naas and Portiuncula facing challenges to enlist specialistsMon May 15 2017 - 00:01
Gardaí warn against making them pay more for pensionsGarda Representative Association says their faster rate of accrual is ‘danger money’Fri May 12 2017 - 17:01
Siptu members in Bus Éireann vote for Labour Court proposalsRecommendations were issued following a 21-day strike over cost-cuttingFri May 12 2017 - 13:15
Special pay deals could trigger ‘leap-frogging’ claims in public sectorImpact national secretary’s comments interpreted as response to nurses’ 12% claimThu May 11 2017 - 17:05
Public service groups may lose out in pay negotiationsAnalysis: Unions’ priorities in forthcoming talks could disappoint some State employeesThu May 11 2017 - 01:00
Gardaí may have to pay more for pensionsSenior union figures sceptical at prospects of special additional rises for nursesWed May 10 2017 - 19:13
