Rise has been recommended by the Low Pay Commission

However, impact on hiring young workers is posing challenges

Figure amounts to less than 4% of the 800,000 workers enrolled in scheme since it became active on January 1st

Report suggests teenagers are disproportionately affected by failure of jobs market to fully bounce back

Any action would have ‘serious effects right across the public sector’, according to union chief Kevin Callinan

Up to 46,241 children aged under three were on waiting lists for places in services late last year, with number expected to rise further

New report underlines problems facing young people seeking work

Siptu members overwhelmingly back industrial action, while 100,000-member Fórsa will announce the outcome of its ballot on Tuesday

Bodies of Thomasina Tobin and her husband Patrick were found by their children in a rented villa in Cullera near Valencia

Artificial versions of people’s voices increasingly used online and in advertising, harming artists’ livelihoods

Investigators have not ruled out accident as cause of deaths in villa near Valencia

The booklet provides tips on being prepared for extreme weather, prolonged power outage and other emergencies

They allege bank’s role in regulating sale of Israeli bonds in EU contributed to ‘genocide in Gaza’

Transport authority will not ban fixed-fare model, which is says is allowed for under the regulatory system

Irish Medical Organisation had informed HSE that on-call rates for weekends were lower than during the week