Top 100 earning GP practices and co-ops shared €50m in 2014Three GP co-operatives topped list of highest earners with HSE payments of more than €1mFri Nov 13 2015 - 16:48
TDs and Senators not overpaid, says HowlinMinister says Oireachtas members should benefit from pay restoration dealWed Nov 11 2015 - 01:00
Irish Water workers ballot for industrial actionRow centres over proposed cuts to jobsTue Nov 10 2015 - 11:53
Inquiry sought on why so many women paid minimum wageThat most of those paid national minimum wage are women is well-known, says Ged NashTue Nov 10 2015 - 01:00
Varadkar told Tallaght hospital to look into whistleblower claimsInquiry to proceed after preliminary scoping exercise found grounds for full investigationTue Nov 10 2015 - 01:00
Department of Health warns recruitment problems present “strategic risk”HSE urged to plan to transfer tasks between staffing groupsMon Nov 09 2015 - 01:00
Up to 8,000 non-teaching school staff in line for 10% pay risePay deal would increase hourly rate of secretaries and caretakers from €10.25 to €13Mon Nov 09 2015 - 01:00
Garda used extra hours for issues ‘not envisaged’ in pay dealGRA cautions over any legislation to ‘punish’ members after pay accord rejectedMon Nov 09 2015 - 01:00
Use of private-sector health managers ‘could hit salaries’Union warns move could lead to reduced terms and conditionsSun Nov 08 2015 - 11:57
Zero-hour contracts could be banned under proposed reformsGovernment-commissioned report indicates that zero-hour arrangements not extensiveMon Nov 02 2015 - 07:06
Hospital consultants to seek increase in payIn autumn 2012, the Government introduced a 30% pay cut for consultants appointed after that date, although this has been largely reversedMon Nov 02 2015 - 01:03
Employers trying to get round law with ‘if and when’ arrangements, report saysZero hour contracts ‘not extensive’ in Ireland, suggests University of Limerick studyMon Nov 02 2015 - 01:01
HSE to spend €38m on new health initiativesGovernment earmarks cancer and disability services for largest portions of fundingMon Nov 02 2015 - 01:01
Plan for free GP care for children under 12 faces potential delaysIMO says it will not enter talks on plan until overall new contract for GPs introducedFri Oct 30 2015 - 13:52
Rank and file gardaí reject Lansdowne Road pay dealGRA joins AGSI in voting against deal providing most public service workers with pay riseThu Oct 29 2015 - 15:12
Varadkar emails reveal trolley crisis in August ‘worst ever’At beginning of September Minister again expresses concern over numbers on trolleysTue Oct 27 2015 - 01:00
HSE to review link between red meat and cancerExecutive to examine if changes to hospital diets needed in wake of WHO reportMon Oct 26 2015 - 20:14
HSE staff plan delayed due to concerns over pay expectationsDepartment concerned ‘misleading’ document could lead to expectations of higher payMon Oct 26 2015 - 01:00
Waiting time for doctor appointments now 34 hoursGP association says figures show that general practice is on its kneesMon Oct 26 2015 - 01:00
HSE to look at introducing hospital theatre assistantsMinister for Health Leo Varadkar asks for move to be considered to alleviate shortageMon Oct 26 2015 - 01:00
Rail dispute: Drivers could get 8% rise, says Iarnród ÉireannAnalysis: Company believes savings generated from shedding posts could fund servicesSat Oct 24 2015 - 01:00
Unions warn of more train strikes40,000 passengers were affected by strike, similar stoppage planned for November 6thFri Oct 23 2015 - 20:49
Further rail strikes ‘inevitable’ without change of approachMore than 40,000 rail passengers disrupted during three-hour strike on FridayFri Oct 23 2015 - 13:40
Asti warns of possible school closures in pay deal disputeUnion chief Pat King warns teachers could forfeit up to €6,700 in increments over stanceFri Oct 23 2015 - 01:00
Opposing Lansdowne Road deal could leave Asti isolatedActive opposition could cost teachers significant sums of money in lost incrementsFri Oct 23 2015 - 01:00
Government will have to provide extra money for HSE tax billHSE makes €22.4 million settlement with Revenue over unpaid taxesThu Oct 22 2015 - 11:56
HSE’s €22.4m tax settlement ‘has not’ affected servicesHSE expected to tell PAC it may have to make another similar settlement with RevenueThu Oct 22 2015 - 10:06
Negotiations over threatened train strike resume in DublinTalks between unions and Irish Rail aimed at averting three-hour stoppage on FridayWed Oct 21 2015 - 15:08
Donohue rules out intervention in Iarnród Éireann disputeTrain strike set to go ahead next Friday morning after talks break down overnightSat Oct 17 2015 - 09:51
Teachers’ union for strike ballot over ‘discriminatory’ payLansdowne Road deal ‘failed to address critical issues swamping education system’Fri Oct 16 2015 - 15:36
New pay rates for health managers seen as ‘problematic’Impact claims salaries may create problems filling top-level positions in some hospitalsFri Oct 16 2015 - 01:00
Hospital bosses to receive significantly reduced salariesGovernment decides to cut pay rates for health managers appointed in the futureFri Oct 16 2015 - 01:00
Politicians know higher pay in health is a ‘toxic’ issueAnalysis: Varadkar is aware raising salary rates for health managers is a difficult sellFri Oct 16 2015 - 01:00
Analysis: Rejection of pay deal could have implications for teachersNew Bill gives Government power not to pay for supervision duties, incrementsWed Oct 14 2015 - 21:16
New proposals aim to resolve postal service disputeUnion to recommend staff at centre of recent strikes accept revised roster and pay termsWed Oct 14 2015 - 11:31
Jobs: Minimum wage to be increased to €9.15 from JanuaryBrendan Howlin says 20% increase by Fine Gael-Labour GovernmentTue Oct 13 2015 - 17:35
Impact of minimum wage increase on work hours yet to be seenAnalysis: Debate on raising the minimum wage rate proved to be extremely polarisedTue Oct 13 2015 - 16:18
GPs warn they will not agree to proposed extension of free careMinister for Health Leo Varadkar expected to receive money for new initiative in BudgetTue Oct 13 2015 - 11:14
Teachers could lose out on payments if they reject Lansdowne Road dealNew legislation gives Government power to withhold increments until 2018Sat Oct 10 2015 - 01:00
Talks to prevent train strike set for MondayIrish Rail and unions invited for discussions at Workplace Relations CommissionFri Oct 09 2015 - 17:56
Union warns of action at Dublin Bus as train strikes loomIrish Rail faces work stoppages at morning rush hour on October 23rd , November 6thThu Oct 08 2015 - 17:37
Rail passengers face bank holiday disruptionsServices to come to halt for three hours on October as part of industrial action by driversThu Oct 08 2015 - 15:28
Siptu rejects move to end link to Labour PartyUnion backs proposal for review into use of political fund put forward by executiveWed Oct 07 2015 - 17:02
Siptu urges VAT penalty for hotels over low pay ratesUnion says special reduced VAT for tourism and hospitality sectors costs €350m anuallyWed Oct 07 2015 - 17:02
Postal service strike talks adjourn until later in the weekAn Post and Communications Workers’ Union representatives aim to end disputeTue Oct 06 2015 - 21:43
Postal services resume as talks due to be held on disputeFour-day industrial action prompted by row over new rosters and concerns over earningsTue Oct 06 2015 - 07:34
Postal strike action suspended after mediationCustomers can resume posting mail after IO Systems agreement with unionMon Oct 05 2015 - 19:20
An Post considering issuing protective notice to staffMail services remain suspended as a result of strike at contractor IO SystemsMon Oct 05 2015 - 08:09
Train driversexpected to vote for strikesRow centres on pay for past productivityMon Oct 05 2015 - 01:00
Doctor bonuses could lead to knock-on claimsAnalysis: Coalition faces tricky task dealing with bonus issue as economy improvesMon Oct 05 2015 - 01:00
