Three-quarters of schools had no applicants for recent teaching vacancies, survey finds
Maths, Irish and French teachers the hardest to recruit, with 20% of schools dropping subjects due to lack of qualified staff
Firefighters seek meeting with Minister on pension review
Members of Dublin Fire Brigade say retirement arrangements leave them facing prospect of surviving on a fraction of their full-time income
Tolerance for Ireland’s neutrality may go down as Finland and Sweden joined Nato, Minister told
Warning contained in departmental briefing prepared for incoming Minister for Defence Simon Harris
Working through Storm Éowyn: Safety ‘has to prevail’ for business managers and staff
No legal obligation for businesses that stay open to pay staff who feel they cannot attend, but owners should be mindful that loyalty may ‘pay off’, says business group
Online payments firm Stripe to cut 300 roles internationally
Dublin operation set to see small number of job cuts
Labour Court rejects appeal by former TUD lecturer in age discrimination case
Issue had arisen because university was bound by HEA regulations, court finds
Prison service director paid €32,000 less than older colleague loses age discrimination claim
Claim was rejected by Labour Court
Application of EU work directive to Defence Forces welcomed as ‘watershed moment’
Protections around breaks, work hours and annual leave already applicable to most workers in State
About 10% of people moving to Ireland in year to April 2024 were seeking international protection, research finds
Total number of 149,200 represents 5 per cent increase on previous year but includes those who would subsequently have moved on
Number of employers planning to offer remote or hybrid working to attract new staff halves - survey
Employers’ attitude could prove counterproductive amid shortage of skilled workers
AI in the office: Trust gap with staff is a big hurdle for companies
In banking and insurance, 50% of the work that gets done today could actually be executed and completed by technology on its own, Accenture says
Families hit by monthly fee increases of €400 a month at four Dublin childcare facilities
Increases unavoidable say management, but parents respond that no choice but to pay
Unions ‘appalled’ by advocate general recommendation minimum wages directive be annulled
European Court of Justice to decide later this year on fate of directive which Ictu views as ‘the most significant and far-reaching’ on workers’ rights in decades
Moves by Meta and Amazon to drop diversity programmes in US unlikely to affect Ireland
Apple, which employs 6,000 here, has asked shareholders to vote against move seen as courting favour with Trump administration
Labour and Social Democrats abdicated responsibility by not ‘fighting’ for power, O’Gorman tells Greens convention
Roderic O’Gorman’s comments came as 300 Green Party delegates attended event in Dublin