Midlands lockdown: ‘Why shut down Offaly and leave Dublin open?’
Business owners in Tullamore are worried, and some are angry about ‘anti-rural bias’
Business owners in Tullamore are worried, and some are angry about ‘anti-rural bias’
No change in regulations to include coronavirus as occupationally-acquired illness
Siptu wants nursing home workers represented on Minister’s new expert panel
‘No certainty’ coronavirus can be suppressed, warns chief medical officer
Siptu says the State should cover losses including the cost of counselling services
Siptu calls for annual leave compensation for staff forced to take holidays to mind children
Union says students in other health disciplines receiving payments equivalent to €30,000/year
Health authority says its childcare support survey generated limited information
Union says members in section 39 agencies being instructed to move to HSE facilities
INMO advises nurses who are unable to work due to lack of childcare to seek full pay
Siptu says nurses, healthcare assistants, chefs, cleaners will be covered by agreement
Union says government must deliver promised childcare scheme for essential staff
About 1,500 staff represented by Siptu and Fórsa begin 24-hour stoppage on Friday
Stoppages in other health bodies to go ahead over strike centred on restoration of pay cut
Staff in grant-aided bodies providing health and social care rally over access to pensions
Remains of teenager brought to Drogheda church in white coffin
Lord Mayor says to those involved in drugs: ‘There is no place for you to live among us’
Saturday’s march against criminal activity in town follows murder of Keane Mulready-Woods
Man in 30s thought to have been an unintended victim of the attack
Siptu says overcrowding at hospital emergency departments is causing chaos
Siptu also suggests row brewing in National Ambulance Service in coming months
Union urges Oireachtas group to run rule over finder fees paid to employment agencies
System for filling vacancies in health service is designed to frustrate, says Siptu
Dispute centres on restoration of pay for staff
Union accuses Government of turning its back on deal agreed earlier this year
Siptu members overwhelmingly vote in favour of Labour Court recommendation
Court signals ‘significant’ increases ranging from 6 to 13% and further 1¾% rise, says Siptu
Dispute around payment of wage increases after job-evaluation scheme
Talks aimed at resolving pay dispute were adjourned late on Wednesday night
Dispute centres on payment of increases under job-evaluation scheme
Union in dispute with Government over pay for support personnel
Talks to take place on Thursday in an attempt to avert three more strikes by health staff
Harris says decision to strike on Wednesday before Labour Court talks is ‘extraordinary’
Healthcare support staff called off a threatened strike on Thursday to allow for talks
Industrial action by support staff would have significant impact on services, says HSE
‘No movement’ at talks between Siptu and HSE
Parties will pore over results in the coming weeks to discern trends for the next general election
Union warns industrial action will ‘lead inevitably to impact on services to public’
Siptu to announce result of ballot for industrial action over pay issues on Friday
Union criticises proposed ratio of 90:10 between nurses and healthcare assistants
Thousands of porters, caterers, healthcare assistants to be balloted over pay dispute
Union signals proposals to resolve members’ dispute not acceptable to psychiatric nurses
Healthcare assistants, health service support staff and chefs seeking 5% pay increases
Union’s 40,000 members to be balloted on Labour Court recommendation from Monday
Chefs seek move to ‘craftworker’ pay grade; HSE calls ballot ‘premature and unnecessary’
Siptu says Government refusing to engage on pay rises for support staff and hospital chefs
Unions say the Government proposals on shift changes and redeployment are unacceptable
Some support-grade staff underpaid by up to €6,000 a year, union claims
Siptu says new process agreed with HSE and will get under way in January
Job reviews could lead to healthcare assistants receiving pay boost of up to € 4,000
Healthcare assistants largest group to benefit from new pay deal
Siptu decided to call off planned stoppage after intervention of Simon Harris
Sixteen councillors say now is not the time to change the party leadership
Union claims management refused to give €1.5m for process to begin
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