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
Varadkar to announce new national cancer strategyReport on implementation of cancer reforms to be launched todayMon Feb 02 2015 - 01:00
Dispute over doctors’ pay threatened to close services at PortiunculaHospital relies on locum staff to run servicesMon Feb 02 2015 - 01:00
Varadkar may use legislative powers to cut drug prices if no deal reached with industryTalks on cuts have reached stalemate in recent weeksMon Feb 02 2015 - 01:00
Siptu out of touch in seeking 5% pay rise, says employers’ groupIbec says €11.45 living wage is utterly impractical and would destroy job creationSun Feb 01 2015 - 22:01
Siptu calls for 5% pay increases and €11.45 minimum wageIbec says trade union’s statement is reckless, foolish and detached from economic realitySat Jan 31 2015 - 15:04
Siptu to seek 5% pay rises across public and private sectorsUnion chief Jack O’Connor signals campaign to seek €11.45 per hour minimum living wageSat Jan 31 2015 - 08:11
HSE to carry out internal audit of staff upgrade processHSE seeks to examine process of ‘regularising’ acting staff to higher gradesSat Jan 31 2015 - 01:00
Consultant pay proposals criticised by medical groupIrish Hospital Consultants Association says Government plans will fail to attract talentWed Jan 28 2015 - 18:39
HSE expected to advertise 200 consultant postsIrish Medical Organisation backs revised pay deal by margin of 60% to 40%Tue Jan 27 2015 - 21:45
VHI to cut prices on 7 of its lowest cost health plansMove which will apply from March is a sign spiralling health insurance prices have easedTue Jan 27 2015 - 13:03
PAC not to interview civil servant who made allegations of tax evasion against politiciansMcDonald says mechanism to investigate claims must be found by GovernmentFri Jan 23 2015 - 01:00
Public Accounts Committee decides against calling whistleblower to appearCivil servant has made allegations of tax evasion against former senior politiciansThu Jan 22 2015 - 14:50
Challenges ahead as Patricia King takes helm of Irish trade union movementUnions face having to meet expectations of members as economy improvesWed Jan 21 2015 - 18:47
Patricia King to be the new head of IctuFormer Siptu vice president has been involved in trade union movement for 25 yearsWed Jan 21 2015 - 12:03
Opposition said insurance plan proposed by Reilly was just another taxDepartment of Health officials warned Leo Varadkar that UHI plan was ‘unworkable’Wed Jan 21 2015 - 01:00
Medical personnel will still be in charge of patient care under UHIMinister for Health Leo Varadkar to bring proposals to Cabinet after EasterWed Jan 21 2015 - 01:00
People fear health insurance plans could cost them moreConcern that Government’s new health model would be ‘another form of taxation’ or result in loss of benefitsWed Jan 21 2015 - 01:00
Actuaries group warns insurers may need up to €2.4bn for UHI planGroups criticise Government’s proposal for universal health insurance systemWed Jan 21 2015 - 01:00
Strong public criticism further dents prospects for universal health insuranceMany people saw UHI as another taxWed Jan 21 2015 - 01:00
Proposals to restrict discretionary medical cards proposed to Minsters as early as 2009Members of Cabinet warned contentious cuts to key care schemes would be very high riskTue Jan 20 2015 - 01:00
HSE seeks assurances that ‘irregular’ payments at St Vincent’s have ceasedHospitals group was involved in controversy over top-up payments for executivesMon Jan 19 2015 - 01:02
Government considering talks with unions on pay and pensionsCoalition sources dismiss any return to myriad ‘sectional interests’ on key issuesMon Jan 19 2015 - 01:00
Minister for Health says ‘combination of solutions’ needed to resolve A&E crisisINMO members protest outside Leinster House to highlight over-crowdingWed Jan 14 2015 - 15:19
Focus should be outcomes not ambulance response times - VaradkarConfidential report says HIQA ambulance targets cannot be metTue Jan 13 2015 - 14:37
Traditional role of ambulance of moving patient to hospital could face changeControversies have left service facing serious scrutinyTue Jan 13 2015 - 01:01
Ireland too rural for ambulances to meet target response timesImprovements possible only by hiring 290 extra staff at cost of €15m a year, says reportTue Jan 13 2015 - 01:00
Reverse trolley: the hospital crisisRecord numbers of patients on hospital trolleys represent a reversal of the reductions achieved in recent years. The only long-term solution is to spend money in the right areasSat Jan 10 2015 - 06:36
Number of patients waiting for hospital bed increases to over 400Nurses in Beaumont to stage protest in effort to end overcrowdingFri Jan 09 2015 - 12:26
Siptu warns of reaction from lower-paid staff to new pay deal for consultantsUnion says lower paid in public service were understood to be first in queue for pay reviewFri Jan 09 2015 - 01:00
Public service health consultants could hit top pay rate earlierLabour Relations Commission proposals make maximum salary more attainableWed Jan 07 2015 - 19:44
A&E overcrowding may get worse, HSE admitsConsultants warn patients will die without steps to relieve crowded hospital unitsWed Jan 07 2015 - 01:00
Cuts to State pension ‘must be considered’Demographic pressures threaten viability of State pension scheme, say officialsMon Dec 29 2014 - 12:58
Explainer: Ireland’s two State pension schemesThere are currently two State pension schemes: a contributory scheme and a non-contributory schemeMon Dec 29 2014 - 07:03
Workers relying on ‘reformed’ State pension may face a bleak retirementThe number of older people is rising fast and they are living longer, putting pressure on both private and public pension schemesMon Dec 29 2014 - 01:00
Papers show 2008 pay deal agreed despite warnings on economyLenihan told ministers tax shortfall would hit €6.5bn on day pay increases agreedMon Dec 29 2014 - 01:00
St Vincent’s in talks with Revenue on accommodation provided to executiveClash looming with HSE over appointment of former CEO as new director of strategyWed Dec 24 2014 - 01:00
Action needed to prevent breach of A&E pledge - VaradkarMinister for Health says much of progress made in area of overcrowding has been reversedMon Dec 22 2014 - 14:51
Minister Ged Nash says 2015 will be year of the pay riseMinister for Business says onus is on profitable firms who have kept pay down to raise salariesMon Dec 22 2014 - 01:00
Ibec forecasts ‘spectacular’ 5.7% growth in economyEmployers predict unemployment to fall further next year to about 9 per centMon Dec 22 2014 - 01:00
Court may decide on right of foetus in life support caseLeo Varadkar says he was aware of case when he made speech on abortion in DáilFri Dec 19 2014 - 01:00
Pregnant woman being kept on life support in hospitalWoman suffered a brain trauma a number of weeks agoWed Dec 17 2014 - 21:27
Nurses to get pay rise after complaint to European CommissionRow centred on how 10 per cent pay cut for new entrants was applied to two midwivesWed Dec 17 2014 - 17:53
