‘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
New pay deal for almost 50,000 construction workers set to be approvedSectoral Employment Order expected to be discussed by Oireachtas and Dáil committee on Wednesday before being signed by Minister on ThursdayWed Nov 06 2024 - 06:00
New measures implemented after baby’s death: ‘It had been a long labour, the ward was empty and I remember feeling very much alone’Baby Ollie Buckley died at the Rotunda Hospital in September 2022 and his death was recorded as sudden unexplained postnatal collapseSun Nov 03 2024 - 18:00
General election: Cap of €200 on childcare fees and 30,000 extra places promised by LabourExtra staff and improved pay sector proposed at party’s policy launchThu Oct 31 2024 - 15:34
Almost 50% of Dublin companies believe working from home makes no difference to productivityBusinesses flag traffic congestion and housing as key issues, with focus on Greater Dublin areaThu Oct 31 2024 - 06:00
Former CIÉ employees ‘having to watch what they eat’ Transport group’s pensioners protest against their benefits being frozen at 2008 levelsWed Oct 30 2024 - 17:20
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 CourtWed Oct 30 2024 - 06:00
Ireland could agree new deal with Kenya allowing for recruitment of more nurses and midwivesStephen Donnelly says the deal will be ethical and in line with WHO and OECD guidelinesMon Oct 28 2024 - 20:13
Man and woman arrested after body of Stephen Ring discovered in WexfordBody remains at scene in Shelmalier Commons while technical examination being carried outSun Oct 27 2024 - 18:00
Profits up on lower revenues at Intel’s Shannon-based R&D operationCompany paid 2023 corporation tax of $4.3m with annual profit of $48.2m, an almost 20% increase on 2022Fri Oct 25 2024 - 14:56
HSE funding of €1 billion not covered by ‘appropriate’ contracts, documents show15% of funding to organisations in voluntary and community sector provided without appropriate contract agreement, PAC toldThu Oct 24 2024 - 20:53
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 2025Thu Oct 24 2024 - 19:25
New EU minimum wage law will not substantially alter trade union engagement, conference hearsIbec executive director Maeve McElwee tells Leadership Summit any transformation of collective bargaining would be ‘huge ask’Wed Oct 23 2024 - 15:56
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% remoteWed Oct 23 2024 - 12:49
Politicians not seen to be representing young people’s interests, survey findsNational Youth Council of Ireland research highlights the continuing massive impact of the housing shortage and cost of living crisisTue Oct 22 2024 - 06:00
When should your boss call the Garda? The labour law questions raised by Sinn Féin controversiesInternal investigations and the provision of references are fraught territory for employers, say workplace expertsSat Oct 19 2024 - 06:00
PTSB says services restored after technical problems left customers unable to make paymentsCustomers had been unable to withdraw cash or access accounts for a timeFri Oct 18 2024 - 21:05
Former Cork teacher (90) hailed a hero after being killed while pushing woman out of the way of carGarda forensic collision investigators at scene of fatal incident in Co CorkFri Oct 18 2024 - 20:16
Driver in west Dublin held up at knifepoint by hijackerGardaí have arrested a man in his 30 in relation to the early morning incident in ClondalkinFri Oct 18 2024 - 14:46
Bias seen as barrier to career progression by African professionals in Ireland 82% of survey respondents believe employers consider hiring someone who requires a visa to be a ‘hassle’Thu Oct 17 2024 - 17:33
Ranelagh restaurant Dillinger’s to close at the start of NovemberRestaurant part of group ran by John Farrell that includes 777 and the Butcher GrillMon Oct 14 2024 - 22:24
Pilot scheme for nationalised childcare costed at €53mScheme would cater for 6,000 children across a range of different services intended to be representative of the current sectorSun Oct 13 2024 - 00:01
Is free, publicly-funded childcare possible in Ireland?Government has established a special unit to investigate what a ‘nationalised’ childcare model might look likeSat Oct 12 2024 - 06:00
Just 28% of all planning cases considered by Bord Pleanála during 2023 were decided within expected time frameOrganisation’s report says increased funding and staff numbers last year helped it deal with substantially more cases overallThu Oct 10 2024 - 18:27
Unions see firms making it harder to represent workersReport highlights employers seen using to deter union involvementWed Oct 09 2024 - 00:01
Poverty risk far higher for lone parents, research finds Economic and Social Research Institute conducted study over nine yearsWed Oct 09 2024 - 00:01
Fire safety and research centre opens after €3m investment Centre intended to help address the growing challenge posed by lithium-ion batteriesMon Oct 07 2024 - 16:03
Stoppage at Meta data centre deferred as union seeks Labour Court engagement Dispute concerns roster being changedMon Oct 07 2024 - 15:27
‘The salary isn’t close to what I’d need for a place of my own’: UCD researchers frustrated by pay One postdoc has moved 80 miles from Dublin for housing, while another is unable to bring in family because of lack of accommodationMon Oct 07 2024 - 06:00
Accusation of ‘union-busting’ denied in Meta data centre disputeRow centres around claims that critical facility engineers had rostering arrangements changed without consultationThu Oct 03 2024 - 17:39
‘I wasn’t responsible’: Former OPW minister says he learned of Oireachtas bike shed cost in mediaPatrick O’Donovan agrees with view of Pashcal Donohoe, who said he was ‘embarrassed’ at price paid for structureThu Oct 03 2024 - 16:41
Work stoppage at Becton Dickinson in Drogheda staged by Siptu membersClosure of plant announced last July with over 200 workers offered redundancy terms of five weeks’ pay capped at 104 weeksThu Oct 03 2024 - 13:15
HSE focus now on finances rather than patient safety, says nurses’ organisation Recruitment becoming more difficult, says INMO ahead of lunchtime protests over staff shortagesThu Oct 03 2024 - 09:01
Childcare industry says level of support in budget like a ‘kick in the stomach’Budget 2025: Increases in funding for early learning and childcare ‘utterly insufficient’, say providersWed Oct 02 2024 - 20:19
Review of regulatory changes to cushion SMEs against sudden cost shocks, says BurkeMinister said he is reassessing pending changes to paid sick leave and sub-minimum wage rulesWed Oct 02 2024 - 18:56
What are these smartphone ‘pouches’ being introduced in schools? And how do they work?Budget 2025: Government allocated €9 million in the Budget 2025 to helping keep students off phones during schoolWed Oct 02 2024 - 15:32
Child benefit bonuses, free school meals and extra childcare funding approvedBudget 2025: Government wants Ireland ‘to be one of the best countries in the world in which to be a child’, says MinisterTue Oct 01 2024 - 21:19
Confirmation of start date for pensions auto-enrolment welcomed by representatives for workers and business The Government has decided that auto-enrolment will come into effect on September 30th, 2025Mon Sept 30 2024 - 17:36
