General election: Cap of €200 on childcare fees and 30,000 extra places promised by Labour
Extra staff and improved pay sector proposed at party’s policy launch
Almost 50% of Dublin companies believe working from home makes no difference to productivity
Businesses flag traffic congestion and housing as key issues, with focus on Greater Dublin area
Former CIÉ employees ‘having to watch what they eat’
Transport group’s pensioners protest against their benefits being frozen at 2008 levels
Award of €40,000 to prison officer almost a decade ago quashed over lack of evidence of disability
Long-running case involving prison officer Robert Cunningham was the subject of a High Court action before being referred back to the Labour Court
Ireland could agree new deal with Kenya allowing for recruitment of more nurses and midwives
Stephen Donnelly says the deal will be ethical and in line with WHO and OECD guidelines
Man and woman arrested after body of Stephen Ring discovered in Wexford
Body remains at scene in Shelmalier Commons while technical examination being carried out
Profits up on lower revenues at Intel’s Shannon-based R&D operation
Company paid 2023 corporation tax of $4.3m with annual profit of $48.2m, an almost 20% increase on 2022
HSE funding of €1 billion not covered by ‘appropriate’ contracts, documents show
15% of funding to organisations in voluntary and community sector provided without appropriate contract agreement, PAC told
Government must hold centre ground on workers’ rights to ‘counter growth of far right’, says Ictu
Unions shift collective bargaining focus from transposition of EU directive due next month to action plan required in late 2025
New EU minimum wage law will not substantially alter trade union engagement, conference hears
Ibec executive director Maeve McElwee tells Leadership Summit any transformation of collective bargaining would be ‘huge ask’
Recruitment for non-remote jobs still a challenge for companies - Ibec survey
Almost one third of firms, mainly in the services sector, require employees attend the office at least three days a week with 26% now fully onsite and 14% remote
Politicians not seen to be representing young people’s interests, survey finds
National Youth Council of Ireland research highlights the continuing massive impact of the housing shortage and cost of living crisis
When should your boss call the Garda? The labour law questions raised by Sinn Féin controversies
Internal investigations and the provision of references are fraught territory for employers, say workplace experts
PTSB says services restored after technical problems left customers unable to make payments
Customers had been unable to withdraw cash or access accounts for a time
Former Cork teacher (90) hailed a hero after being killed while pushing woman out of the way of car
Garda forensic collision investigators at scene of fatal incident in Co Cork