New health identification number for every individualHSE says initiative will improve safety and reduce medical errorsWed Mar 11 2015 - 21:54
Dunnes strike on Holy Thursday will hit drink salesThousands of Mandate union members to go on strikeTue Mar 10 2015 - 15:17
Begg praised as a true champion of workersIctu general secretary retires after 14 years in positionFri Mar 06 2015 - 20:19
Staff at Dunnes Stores vote for industrial actionDispute centres on pay, contracts and representation rightsFri Mar 06 2015 - 14:13
Impact staff in Dublin Fire Brigade may ballot on industrial actionUnion opposes to plans to transfer part of ambulance service in Dublin to the HSEThu Mar 05 2015 - 15:43
State must cut tax and invest, says Ibec chief Danny McCoyEmployers group to use forum to call for more measures to stimulate economyWed Mar 04 2015 - 01:00
Nursing board shelves plans to increase annual retention fee to €150Nursing unions had waged lengthy campaign against proposed rise from €100Tue Mar 03 2015 - 22:16
Civil servants to seek pay increase in Government talksThe Civil Public and Services Union wants flat rate increase for lower-paid workersTue Mar 03 2015 - 15:29
HSE needs 'more than €100m' to tackle trolley crisisMoney would open more hospital beds, pay for nursing home places and provide for home helpMon Mar 02 2015 - 10:41
Lenihan told cabinet compulsory job losses had to be an optionFinance minister sought to cut public service numbers from about 318,000 to 305,000Mon Mar 02 2015 - 01:00
Pharmacists and dentists to press for reversal of fee cutsCalls follow move to begin unwinding emergency cuts to GP feesMon Mar 02 2015 - 01:00
Analysis: Free GP care plan faces many hurdlesWork needed before Coalition’s plan for free GP care for everyone can be implementedSat Feb 28 2015 - 01:00
Government and doctors agree deal on new contractMemorandum of understanding could pave way for free GP careFri Feb 27 2015 - 23:24
Hundreds of patients who underwent colonoscopies in Wexford recalledConcerns raised about quality of medical procedures at hospitalFri Feb 27 2015 - 21:01
Sinn Féin government would involve ‘rule of fear’Leo Varadkar says members make ‘worship of the party line their religion’Fri Feb 27 2015 - 14:31
Polarised views on minimum wage even before new commission is launchedEmployers rejects plans for raise as unions demand increase on €8.65 rateFri Feb 27 2015 - 01:00
Michael D Higgins says job insecurity fears must be addressedPresident stresses need to help those in precarious employment during RCSI lectureThu Feb 26 2015 - 18:38
Morally wrong for working household to be poor - Kenny80,000 will be removed from the scope of USCThu Feb 26 2015 - 14:06
Swiss refused request for help to pursue HSBC prosecutionsRevenue sought assistance to bring some of those named in leaked bank files before Irish courtsThu Feb 26 2015 - 01:00
British regulator may be key for IAG in Aer Lingus takeover bidIncoming Aer Lingus chief wants airline to be allowed manage sale of Ryanair 29.8% stakeThu Feb 26 2015 - 01:00
Siptu to seek job assurances before backing Aer Lingus saleUnion officials caution members’ job security fears yet to be allayedWed Feb 25 2015 - 20:47
Business group Isme calls for national minimum wage to be scrappedGroup urges reforms to allow people earn up to €20,000 without being taxedTue Feb 24 2015 - 17:33
Salary one reason HSE director quit to go back to AustraliaDr Tony O’Connell resigned unexpectedly in January after nine months in €147,549 jobTue Feb 24 2015 - 09:37
Employers say no justification for increasing minimum wageIbec claims rise could threaten business viabilityTue Feb 24 2015 - 01:00
Dublin Bus staff to have terms and conditions restored ahead of scheduleControversial 19-month cost-saving plan was scheduled to run until the summerMon Feb 23 2015 - 18:23
Aer Lingus unions step back from IAG bid supportTrade unions to meet incoming CEO Stephen Kavanagh this weekMon Feb 23 2015 - 09:36
Plans for plain tobacco product packaging to go aheadGovernment ignores legal threat from tobacco firms over new Public Health BillFri Feb 20 2015 - 17:42
VHI complained to gardaí over alleged fraud by providerAfter inquiries into inappropriate billing, state insurer recovered in region of €20mFri Feb 20 2015 - 01:00
Talks begin on pay increase claim for staff at Bus ÉireannNational Bus and Rail Union says its members due 6 per cent rise under agreementsFri Feb 20 2015 - 01:00
Out-patient waiting list surges to more than 385,000Public hospital waiting lists continue to grow, new HSE figures showThu Feb 19 2015 - 17:01
Low Pay Commission to be chaired by former bankerDonal de Buitléir heads new eight-member body advising on national minimum wageTue Feb 17 2015 - 18:08
Surplus of €55m from health insurance scheme absorbed by exchequerJames Reilly had sought talks with Finance officials on how money could be spentMon Feb 16 2015 - 01:00
Free GP care plan delayed by three yearsLeo Varadkar ‘absolutely confident we will have the over 70s by the summer’Mon Feb 16 2015 - 01:00
Nurses signal restoration on terms could be ‘spread over time’Document to 40,000 members indicates continuing campaign until cuts reversedMon Feb 16 2015 - 01:00
Varadkar: Insufficient effort to tackle hospital overcrowdingSituation in A&E ‘now considerably worse than this time last year or the year before’Sun Feb 15 2015 - 19:33
PAC to investigate spending of €50m on Thorton HallPlanned prison development in Co Dublin to replace Mountjoy was later shelvedFri Feb 13 2015 - 01:00
Fine Gael TD says collective bargaining could deter foreign investmentIntroduction of new workers rights legislation is key issue for trade union movementThu Feb 12 2015 - 13:32
HSE budget revelations likely to prompt further questionsOpposition likely to seek answers on what clinical risks affected by lack of fundingThu Feb 12 2015 - 01:00
Patients face ‘clinical risks’ over shortfall, records revealHSE only received half additional money it sought to run health services in 2015Thu Feb 12 2015 - 01:00
Dunnes Stores claims right not to engage with trade unionsMembers of Mandate to ballot for industrial action over Labour Court recommendationsWed Feb 11 2015 - 16:10
Varadkar denies plan to require patients to have insurance to access certain GP proceduresMinister rejects warning by Irish Medical OrganisationTue Feb 10 2015 - 16:27
Higher pension deadline for public service staff extendedStaff have until June 2016 to retire if pensions to be calculated on pre-Haddington Road payTue Feb 10 2015 - 14:17
Pay now on the table as economy improvesWith unemployment falling to just over 10% workers’ bargaining power is recoveringMon Feb 09 2015 - 01:00
Nurses seeking reversal of pay cuts and pension levyINMO says it is ‘pay back time’ ahead of talks with GovernmentSun Feb 08 2015 - 19:44
Ictu calls for action on income distributionOutgoing leader David Begg tells conference Ireland needs initiative to halt inequalityFri Feb 06 2015 - 19:39
Helipad upgrade at Galway hospital cost more than three times original estimateFinal cost of works on helipad surface exceeded €70,000, HSE audit saysThu Feb 05 2015 - 21:49
Hospital consultants may not have been qualifiedHSE audit finds two consultants hired through agency may not be specialistsThu Feb 05 2015 - 21:37
Doctors must tell patients of errors, under new Varadkar lawLike a motoring ‘hit and run’ for doctors to fail to make such disclosures, says MinisterThu Feb 05 2015 - 18:04
Hotels say wage-setting a would hit job creationLabour minster critical of hotels over boycott of new wage-setting arrangementsThu Feb 05 2015 - 11:01
Low-pay group to get powers to gradually raise minimum wageGovernment set to argue that higher proposed ‘living wage’ is on voluntary basis onlyThu Feb 05 2015 - 01:00
