Dispute over pay set to trigger strike warning as key voluntary sector workers go to ballotWorkers claim large difference in pay between those employed by charities providing services to State and those directly employed by HSEMon Sept 25 2023 - 06:00
Bride Rosney, educator and special adviser to former president Mary Robinson, diesPresident Higgins paid tribute to ‘a fearless advocate who dedicated her life to the betterment of society’; Ms Robinson said she was ‘reeling’ from the loss of an ‘indispensable friend, mentor and ally’Fri Sept 22 2023 - 15:41
Few childcare providers indicate intention to participate in three-day closureAround 1% of facilities intend to close next week as part of protest over levels of Government funding for sectorThu Sept 21 2023 - 18:52
Spend on child poverty and public transport instead of cutting tax, union leader saysIctu calls for increased taxes and greater investment in key areas during meeting with MinistersTue Sept 19 2023 - 07:16
Republic requires higher taxes and a bigger State, Ibec chief tells conferenceThousands of additional public servants needed to provide improved services, argues business lobby group chiefMon Sept 18 2023 - 17:00
Voluntary sector facing crisis over pay, says national association of charitiesUmbrella group the Wheel to call for urgent Government action to address problemMon Sept 18 2023 - 00:01
State’s third-level entry requirements deterring students from the North - ESRIJust 1,255 undergraduate students from Northern Ireland attended college in Republic in 2020/21Mon Sept 18 2023 - 00:01
Increase in Irish average wages above euro zone averageHourly pay rates across the Irish economy rise 5% with inflation running at 6.1%Fri Sept 15 2023 - 12:45
Taoiseach says RTÉ will not be put under pressure to sell Montrose siteBroadcaster defends value of €240,000 Fair City photography contractThu Sept 14 2023 - 17:52
Local authority workers to refuse dealing with official emails, phone calls as dispute escalates Fórsa trade union members will stage time-limited action in dispute over a system of job evaluations they are seekingThu Sept 14 2023 - 13:12
Sexual exploitation accounts for ‘majority of trafficking’ cases in Ireland during 2022 ‘Fastest growing criminal industry in the world,’ according to Irish Human Rights and Equality CommissionWed Sept 13 2023 - 00:01
Strike by gas maintenance workers to proceed on WednesdayGas Networks Ireland says it is working with contractor to avoid disruptions to supplyTue Sept 12 2023 - 18:48
Employers urged to manage risks for workers required to view sensitive imagesProtections against psychological harm need to be put in place to safeguard employee health and guard against legal actions, employers toldTue Sept 12 2023 - 13:15
Firm awarded search-and-rescue contract says it will follow staff retention rules Bristow tells Department of Transport it will ‘fully engage’ with unions ahead of taking over helicopter serviceMon Sept 11 2023 - 20:22
An Post pensioners to receive increases after Government approvals receivedEnd to ‘unnecessary delay’ endured by former staff not entitled to separate State pension welcomed by unionMon Sept 11 2023 - 20:10
Unite trade union members protest at dismissal of workers by construction firmUnion claims sackings an act of ‘union busting’ and demands that the four employees be reinstatedMon Sept 11 2023 - 18:45
Irish one-parent families fall below European average for purchasing power New figures suggest families do relatively well in income terms but impacted by poorer services and high cost of livingSun Sept 10 2023 - 15:40
Staff at local authorities to stop engaging with politicians’ representations from MondayIndustrial action will impact on requests for services including emergency housingSun Sept 10 2023 - 13:49
Ireland’s unions: ‘We’ve made a lot of mistakes and we haven’t been good at self-criticism’Irish Labour History Society's four-day event, Visions of Labour and Class, will feature contributions from a who’s who of the Irish labour movementSat Sept 09 2023 - 06:00
Emerald Airlines pilots back union recognition deal Result comes after period of industrial unrest at airline which operates Aer Lingus Regional routesFri Sept 08 2023 - 17:29
State’s four emergency helicopter bases to shut temporarily today‘Safety stand down’ due to elevated levels of stress among staff over future employment, CHC Ireland saysFri Sept 08 2023 - 10:02
Co-habiting but not married: Death of partner brought a realisation ‘we weren’t considered a family’‘I went to apply for the funeral grant … Then I looked into the widow’s pension and found I wasn’t entitled to that either’Fri Sept 08 2023 - 05:00
Staff at gas network contractor set to strike next week over pay and outsourcing issuesFailure of engineering firm to implement agreement on pay increase has prompted action, says SiptuThu Sept 07 2023 - 21:33
Coalition urged to publish wording for family, care and gender referendumsVotes provisionally scheduled for November in doubt with recommended 16-week campaign now impossibleThu Sept 07 2023 - 19:38
Health and social care professionals delay industrial actionDecision follows talks between HSE and Fórsa at Workplace Relations CommissionWed Sept 06 2023 - 16:59
Retained firefighters vote to end strike action and accept dealDeal brokered at WRC accepted by 63% of Siptu members in ballot but work still to be done, union saysTue Sept 05 2023 - 16:34
Ireland weather: Warm forecast to continue until weekendTemperatures are expected to reach up to 26 degrees in parts of Ireland on TuesdayTue Sept 05 2023 - 10:44
HR software firm Rippling to create 100 jobs at new EU HQ in DublinCompany currently employs 35 in the StateTue Sept 05 2023 - 05:00
Department guidelines contributed to unfair procedures in SNA dismissal, says Labour CourtCourt finds procedures followed in Co Galway case had not been fair because school principal had been involved at more than one stage of investigationSun Aug 27 2023 - 12:05
RTÉ journalists say ‘inaction’, and not the current crisis, has ‘crippled’ the organisationRyan Tubridy was not mentioned once at NUJ meeting that focused on replacement for licence fee, says union branch chairTue Aug 22 2023 - 17:18
HSE ‘encouraged’ by early reaction to overseas recruitment campaign for hospital consultantsOnline interest in roles in Ireland spiked but too early to say what final number of hires will be says organisation that recruited just 110 new consultants since MarchMon Aug 21 2023 - 05:00
Up to 16,000 security guards to get first pay rise in four years Implementation of industry-wide agreement had been held up by High Court actionSun Aug 20 2023 - 13:39
Retired An Post employees waiting on cost-of-living pension increase for eight monthsCommunications Workers Union says neither Government nor An Post will have to contribute as payments from pension scheme fund with surplus of €580 millionSat Aug 19 2023 - 12:30
‘It’s disheartening to have to keep saying no to people’: childcare sector struggles to meet demandAn increase in State subsidies has led to an increase in demand, and creche owners say it is increasingly hard to find and keep staffSat Aug 19 2023 - 04:00
Retained firefighters call off strike after deal on ‘guaranteed’ payProposed agreement will see new entrants earn about €18,500 in their first yearThu Aug 17 2023 - 06:57
HSE dieticians, therapists and social workers vote for industrial actionMore than 90% of Fórsa members in favour of move action due to what union says is ongoing failure to resolve career grievancesWed Aug 16 2023 - 14:51
Firefighters approaching WRC talks with caution, says unionLatest bid to resolve dispute involving some 2,000 firefighters comes after Siptu members last month rejected Labour Court proposalsWed Aug 16 2023 - 09:21
Tesco introduces new health-related supports for staff at Irish business Free online GP consultations among the benefits of the package for British multinational retailer’s 13,000 Irish staffTue Aug 15 2023 - 00:01
Thousands of HSE administrators to take industrial actionStaff move will initially involve ban on voluntary overtime and not co-operating with a range of internal reporting functionsFri Aug 11 2023 - 06:00
Public sector pay deal must allow for review of grades, Siptu saysProtests by retained firefighters highlight wider issue of claims for evolving roles and responsibilitiesFri Aug 11 2023 - 05:08
New tendering procedures recommended for TU Dublin after €4.7m spend on consultants’ reports Rigorous methods for seeking approvals from governing body adopted in wake of university spending €4.7 million on reports into structure, communication and change managementFri Aug 11 2023 - 05:00
Pay rises totalling 9.5% recommended for workers at UnipharLabour Court suggests workers should receive a 5% rise this year with further increases until 2025Thu Aug 10 2023 - 17:20
New €1bn public service media fund proposed by People Before ProfitParty says it would abolish licence fee and take commercial advertising away from RTÉ but provide substantially increased public fundingThu Aug 10 2023 - 13:41
Government attempting to break retained firefighters’ strike, says unionSiptu warns of an increase in the number of stations impacted by the strike action if matters remain unresolved after a weekWed Aug 09 2023 - 19:54
The end of human voiceovers? Actors fear AI could dent job prospectsActors worry about being put out of work by their own likenessesTue Aug 08 2023 - 08:25
‘People treated me like a star but I was basically unemployed’: Irish actors seek better pay deal amid Hollywood strike Actor and trade unionist who played role in Pirates of the Caribbean says he earned less than €10,000 from acting last year and has no pension of his ownTue Aug 08 2023 - 05:00
Woman (50s) and man (20s) injured in separate assaults in Longford and DundalkGardaí investigating alleged incident that took place at Albert Reynolds Peace Park in midlands town during early hours of MondayMon Aug 07 2023 - 20:32
New farming and horticultural apprenticeships welcomedProgrammes will help to address labour shortages in sector, says IFAMon Aug 07 2023 - 00:01
Cocaine find in Dublin brings to almost €6m value of drugs seized by gardaí over weekendTwo men arrested following series of searches on Friday and SaturdaySun Aug 06 2023 - 21:53
Tributes paid to ‘inspirational’ chef Colin O’Daly who has died aged 70Co-founder of Roly’s Bistro died on Friday at Cork University HospitalSun Aug 06 2023 - 21:17
