Shop owners who felt ‘betrayed’ by manager attending job interview ordered to pay €13,500 for unfair dismissalAssistant shop manager awarded compensation after she was sacked for gross misconduct for attending job interview on lunch breakFri Jan 03 2025 - 06:00
Senior Department of Enterprise official appointed to lead Local Government Management AgencyPauline Mulligan has been a civil servant for more than 30 yearsThu Jan 02 2025 - 19:00
Remote working: ‘We see younger workers in particular saying they don’t want to come back because of the expense involved’Flexibility in the workplace is still enough of a factor for people to consider cuts to pay or benefitsThu Jan 02 2025 - 05:00
Gender pay gap increased at three government departments during 2024Department of Equality again the only department at which women received higher average hourly payWed Jan 01 2025 - 16:40
Households to receive €125 energy credit from tomorrow, while social welfare payments and minimum wage increaseThe rise to €13.50 per hour will directly affect about 165,000 people, many employed in the retail, hospitality and services sectorsTue Dec 31 2024 - 11:17
Wind and rain warnings set to be followed by cold snap with -6 forecast Heavy rain expected, especially on New Year’s Day, with warnings in place for some countiesMon Dec 30 2024 - 15:47
Irish Rail employee awarded €500 compensation after company sought to deduct €80,000 from wagesCompany has right to seek costs it was awarded - but not to unilaterally dock pay, Workplace Relations Commission findsMon Dec 30 2024 - 12:00
Number of under 30s in receipt of disability allowance has doubled in a decade Substantial part of the increase among younger people is attributed to mental health issuesSat Dec 28 2024 - 06:00
Agreement reached on redundancy terms for staff at BD Drogheda plantFinal deal is understood to provide for staff to receive six weeks pay per yearTue Dec 17 2024 - 18:11
Family of stonemason killed while working on Limerick bridge settle High Court actionBryan Whelan died along with TJ Herlihy after the steel cable attached to the cage they were working from at Thomond Bridge snappedThu Dec 12 2024 - 16:41
Private sector unions should seek 7% pay increases next year, Ictu saysRemuneration hike would help make up for impact of inflation in previous years, union group claimsThu Dec 05 2024 - 00:01
Asylum seekers protest outside Dáil after having to leave ‘cold weather accommodation’Irish Refugee Council criticises ‘illogical’ move by State authorities which is understood to impact around 135 menWed Dec 04 2024 - 16:09
Local authorities not doing enough to address air, water and noise pollution, EPA saysEPA says performance of six councils - Westmeath, Galway City, Waterford, Wexford, Sligo and Kilkenny – ‘not good enough’Tue Dec 03 2024 - 00:01
Number of jobseeker’s allowance recipients sanctioned this year set to doublePayment reductions imposed on 9,000 people up to end of October compared with 5,200 for entirety of 2023, figures showMon Dec 02 2024 - 06:00
Dún Laoghaire: the story of the countCarroll MacNeill comfortably tops the pollSat Nov 30 2024 - 23:07
Carroll MacNeill elected on first countRichie Boyd Barrett and Cormac Devlin both exceed quota after Shane O’Brien’s votes distributedSat Nov 30 2024 - 22:55
Dún Laoghaire: Cormac Devlin (FF) Fianna Fáil TD was youngest ever member of local council when elected in 2004Sat Nov 30 2024 - 22:49
Dún Laoghaire: Richard Boyd-Barrett (PBP)Prominent anti-war campaigner retains seatSat Nov 30 2024 - 22:44
Dún Laoghaire: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (FG) TD tops poll in key constituency for Fine GaelSat Nov 30 2024 - 17:07
Craft workers’ union Connect the latest to back industrial action in HSEResult of ballot run over recent weeks endorsed by Connect’s executive on ThursdayFri Nov 29 2024 - 19:00
Gemma Hussey remembered as a ‘trailblazer’ politician in humanist funeral ceremony Ms Hussey’s daughter Rachel said it was fitting that the service was taking place on the day of an election and in a room next door to where votes would be countedFri Nov 29 2024 - 17:28
Crunch time looms for CIÉ pensioners as they voice fears for the future Retired personnel say their living standards are being eroded, with some facing poverty as their pensions have been frozen for 15 yearsFri Nov 29 2024 - 05:00
CIÉ Group warns its pension bill set to increase to unsustainable levelsCompany concerned High Court ruling means solvency requirement more onerous for it and employees while pensioners press for end to 15-year pension freezeFri Nov 29 2024 - 05:00
Far-right candidate accused of assaulting relative of political rival in BrayPhilip Dwyer is alleged to have assaulted the 66-year-old father of People Before Profit candidate Kellie McConnellWed Nov 27 2024 - 19:27
More than 80,000 HSE workers including nurses vote for industrial actionVotes raise the prospect of serious disruption to services early in the new yearWed Nov 27 2024 - 16:30
Man arrested after fatal hit-and-run in LimerickPedestrian in his 50s was killed by driver who failed to stop at scene but was subsequently detainedTue Nov 26 2024 - 22:26
Talks on S39 pay issue highlighted by canvassing encounter end without progressIssues in long-running dispute brought to national attention by encounter between Charlotte Fallon and TaoiseachTue Nov 26 2024 - 20:01
Former Government minister Gemma Hussey dies after short illness aged 86Fine Gael ‘trailblazer' served in three different ministerial portfolios during long career in politicsTue Nov 26 2024 - 19:04
Labour historian and trade union activist Jack McGinley dies Former Trinity College librarian ran Uniskin Press and was prominent member of the Irish Labour History SocietyMon Nov 25 2024 - 21:29
New law required to protect transport workers, says NBRUUnion wants to see new legislation to tackle antisocial behaviour on buses and trainsMon Nov 25 2024 - 06:00
Simon Harris hoping to meet with disability worker Charlotte Fallon in Cork in coming weeksGreen Party leader Roderic O’Gorman describes encounter between the pair as a ‘defining moment’ of the election campaignMon Nov 25 2024 - 06:00
What were the issues disability worker Charlotte Fallon was trying to raise with Simon Harris?Differences in the terms on which various workers are employed developed as cuts imposed after the financial crash were not reversed for section 39, section 56 and section 10 workersSat Nov 23 2024 - 17:21
What Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and the Greens promised in 2020 - and how much they deliveredSpending promises were kept and even exceeded in areas such as health - but on housing, the numbers still lagThu Nov 21 2024 - 00:00
Sinn Féin’s proposed PRSI rebate for employers ‘unacceptable misuse of workers’ money’, union saysIctu criticses proposals by Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Sinn Féin to provide PRSI rebates worth more than €640m to businessesTue Nov 19 2024 - 19:28
Bid to make worker rights a doorstep issue launched by union group‘I don’t think I’ve ever heard any government say now is a great time to look after workers,’ says campaignerTue Nov 19 2024 - 19:04
Dublin Airport whistleblower concerned about such actions in futureMatthew Butterly had raised issues in protected disclosure over procedures at the airportMon Nov 18 2024 - 06:00
‘You can see the difference. Definitely’: How the Finnish approach to preschool childcare is paying dividends in CorkMinna Murphy is happy to see early education becoming a ‘political hot potato’ in the run-up to the election with just about everybody promising more money.Sat Nov 16 2024 - 06:00
Childcare providers warn scale of electoral commitments causing uncertainty in the sectorAll main political parties have committed to capping fees charged to parents, with most saying €200 per child would be the most any family would have to payFri Nov 15 2024 - 16:09
Government in breach of obligations on transposition of EU directive, Ictu saysUnion body calls failure to legislate ‘disgraceful’ but Department says legal advice is that new laws are requiredFri Nov 15 2024 - 13:53
Management at BD pull out of talks on redundancy termsCompany cites ongoing industrial action which Siptu trade union denies, describing company’s position as ‘bizarre’Fri Nov 15 2024 - 10:57
Hybrid working gains made during pandemic must be protected, Fórsa election document saysPay increases that go above rate of inflation among other key issues next government must address, says unionThu Nov 14 2024 - 14:58
General election: Housing battle sharpens as parties clash on rent freezesGeneral election: Taoiseach to announce abolition of means test for carersThu Nov 14 2024 - 06:00
‘I am very worried for my son’: Mother calls for release of Belfast man detained in DubaiCraig Ballentine (33) held under ‘slander’ law over negative Google review of dog grooming centre where he had workedTue Nov 12 2024 - 18:05
‘Would you employ a teacher to run the Central Bank?’: Readers deeply divided on Michael O’Leary’s remarksSome Irish Times readers say that public representatives should be representative of wider society while others believe that Fine Gael’s response fell shortMon Nov 11 2024 - 19:49
‘Most drug users are functioning people. They go to work, go to college’‘There’s an awful lot of people who are habitually using drugs ... and a survey would fail to capture that’Mon Nov 11 2024 - 02:00
Young people urged to ensure name is on register of electorsAbout 600,000 people below age 30 eligible to vote, potentially one-fifth of electorate, says National Youth Council of IrelandMon Nov 11 2024 - 00:00
Minister defends Fine Gael’s oversight of spending and toilet upgrade costs of over €825,000Peter Burke says money generally well spent but Michael Fitzmaurice says wasted public money in Ireland would ‘run a smaller country’Sun Nov 10 2024 - 18:20
Childcare fees set to increase at 600 Government-funded servicesDepartment of Children has received applications for fee increases from more than 800 childcare providersSun Nov 10 2024 - 06:00
An Post worker who claimed she was penalised over ‘whacked’ chair complaint has case rejectedLabour Court upholds €1,000 award, however, for age-related harassment after comment about ‘her vintage’ of musicFri Nov 08 2024 - 12:32
