No unilateral roster changes for thousands of HSE staff, say unions
Senior Minister earlier said Government ‘expects and insists’ that HSE should work within agreements
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill
Tens of thousands of health staff appointed since 2008 can have rosters changed, says HSE chief
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Carroll-MacNeill backs US senator’s call for Ireland to increase spending on defence
US senator Jim Risch called on Ireland to increase spending to ensure protection of undersea cables
Delay to opening of national children’s hospital for patients known for some time, Carroll-MacNeill says
Minister for Health says she anticipates final cost being ‘close to’ €2.24 billion
Labour TD predicts new Children’s Hospital will not fully open until 2027
Tánaiste says State will ‘robustly push back’ against builder’s reported wish for further €853 million
Ireland could give Ukraine €50m in non-lethal military support, Cabinet to hear
Simon Harris to brief ministers on plan and seek approval for Ireland’s participation in G20 forum, while Peter Burke is to set out IDA Ireland’s new five-year strategy
National children’s hospital may not fully open until 2026 due to ‘clinical risks’
Dublin facility may not fully open until spring next year due to ‘clinical risks’
Infrastructure issues cannot explain trolley figures when numbers jump after weekends - Minister for Health
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill says aim as Minister for Health is to get waiting times down to three months
€420m plan to cut patient waiting lists approved
Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill brings memo to Cabinet detailing new waiting list action plan aimed at reducing waiting times for patients
Rising to the challenge of selling vaccines in Trumpworld
Samantha Humphreys is charged with leading MSD’s Irish business including key cancer drug and vaccine plants
Should the Government move to label alcohol as a cancer-causing substance?
Dr Muiris Houston: Implementing a labelling regime could help make people aware of the potential cancer risks of alcohol consumption
‘It’s 2025 - not the Stone Age’: Government to face extra pressure to promote female TDs as junior ministers
Labour leader Ivana Bacik said there were the same number of Ministers with the name James as there were women
New Government pledges to go on offensive over US trade
Cabinet criticised as ‘very male’ with only three women as full ministers, down one from last time
Who’s in the Cabinet? All the Ministers appointed by Taoiseach Micheál Martin and their roles
Simon Harris takes Foreign Affairs, while Helen McEntee moves to Education, making way for Jim O’Callaghan at Justice
Micheál Martin finally appoints his new Cabinet amid temporary Dáil ceasefire
Political wounds may take some time to heal in 34th Dáil after acrimonious 24 hours
Ministers to be unveiled today as almost all departments set to change
Fianna Fáil’s Mary Butler and Fine Gael’s Martin Heydon are among TDs tipped for promotion
Only certain ministerial job appointments so far are the five Independent TDs
Speculation intensifying six days ahead of formal appointment of new Cabinet next Wednesday
Five things to watch in 2025 as the next government takes shape
Year ahead promises no shortage of intrigue and challenge for the political classes as they look to digest a new reality brought about by the year of elections
Dun Laoghaire election 2024 results: Richard Boyd Barrett, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill elected
Richie Boyd Barrett and Cormac Devlin both exceed quota after Shane O’Brien’s votes distributed
Dún Laoghaire constituency candidates list: If there is a change, the Greens could lose out
Election 2024: Richard Boyd-Barrett, with a strong local and national brand, is well dug in at this stage
Micheál Martin dismisses Fine Gael accusations he is ‘tetchy’
Weekend exchanges come as politicians prepare to return to Leinster House this week for what is widely expected to be the final days of the current Dáil
U2 drummer Larry Mullen jnr can’t live with work done on his Howth property
Plus: You can’t keep Phil Hogan down, trouble at Jack’s Hole in Brittas, and Ireland’s starring role in reality TV
‘The adults are back in the room in London’: how far will Starmer’s reset of UK-EU relations go?
New Labour government could open door to future talks with EU on defence, trade checks and youth movement, but it will have to face down the right-wing domestic press
Ireland supports EU entry talks for Ukraine starting next month
Government move to recognise state of Palestine remains ‘imminent’, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill says
Simon Harris’s new Cabinet formally appointed by President at Áras an Uachtaráin
‘I will work every day to improve the lives of all’, says new Fine Gael Taoiseach Simon Harris on first day in office
Who has new Taoiseach Simon Harris appointed to his ministerial team?
An accountant, two teachers and a barrister get new roles in the ranks of Fine Gael Ministers
Varadkar resigns as Taoiseach with ‘no regrets’ as Harris loyalists eye promotion
New Cabinet is expected be announced to the Dáil at about 5pm on Tuesday
What is the Cabinet reshuffle about, and how will it affect me?
Minister can prioritise or not prioritise issues that might affect you in health, transport or housing
Miriam Lord: Harris’s first ardfheis as leader hears You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet ... a promise or a threat?
Faces from Fine Gael’s past and present line out for party’s annual gathering but the time for big talk by the incoming taoiseach is over
Ireland can no longer pretend to be immune from realities of European security, says Charlie Flanagan
Invasion of Ukraine was Europe’s 9/11 and Ireland is ‘in President Putin’s crosshairs’
‘Fine Gael should re-embrace Christian Democratic values’: FG members give their views on Simon Harris, the next cabinet, and party’s future
Fine Gael ardfheis delegates ‘100 per cent’ opposed to coalition with Sinn Féin because ‘we’re just not compatible’
Irish insurers’ profits from business coverage rebound from ‘lost decade’ of consistent losses
Central Bank of Ireland data show declining claims costs relative to premiums earned
Fine Gael TDs praise Simon Coveney but some say ‘he jumped before he was pushed’
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill tipped for Cabinet post, with one backbencher identifying her as future leader
Ireland bids for new EU anti-money laundering agency that would bring 400 jobs
Ireland grilled on local salary costs and housing as nine countries compete for new agency
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