Application of EU work directive to Defence Forces welcomed as ‘watershed moment’Protections around breaks, work hours and annual leave already applicable to most workers in StateTue Jan 21 2025 - 12:28
About 10% of people moving to Ireland in year to April 2024 were seeking international protection, research findsTotal number of 149,200 represents 5 per cent increase on previous year but includes those who would subsequently have moved onTue Jan 21 2025 - 06:00
Number of employers planning to offer remote or hybrid working to attract new staff halves - surveyEmployers’ attitude could prove counterproductive amid shortage of skilled workersTue Jan 21 2025 - 05:00
AI in the office: Trust gap with staff is a big hurdle for companiesIn banking and insurance, 50% of the work that gets done today could actually be executed and completed by technology on its own, Accenture saysFri Jan 17 2025 - 06:00
Families hit by monthly fee increases of €400 a month at four Dublin childcare facilitiesIncreases unavoidable say management, but parents respond that no choice but to payThu Jan 16 2025 - 06:00
Unions ‘appalled’ by advocate general recommendation minimum wages directive be annulledEuropean Court of Justice to decide later this year on fate of directive which Ictu views as ‘the most significant and far-reaching’ on workers’ rights in decadesWed Jan 15 2025 - 18:51
Moves by Meta and Amazon to drop diversity programmes in US unlikely to affect IrelandApple, which employs 6,000 here, has asked shareholders to vote against move seen as courting favour with Trump administrationTue Jan 14 2025 - 06:00
Labour and Social Democrats abdicated responsibility by not ‘fighting’ for power, O’Gorman tells Greens conventionRoderic O’Gorman’s comments came as 300 Green Party delegates attended event in DublinSat Jan 11 2025 - 15:26
‘I think our building is next’: Dublin man living in LA returns to apartment thick with ashIrish people impacted by the Los Angeles wildfires give their first-hand accounts of panic, shock, devastation ... and hopeSat Jan 11 2025 - 09:38
HSE staffing increase would not prevent industrial action, union official warnsProposed increase of just over 3,500 to staff numbers is intended to cater for new services and so will not address outstanding issues, unions saySat Jan 11 2025 - 06:00
Department of Agriculture reveals 8 per cent gender pay gap as difference narrowsThree departments, including Education, reported pay gaps trending in the wrong directionThu Jan 09 2025 - 10:53
‘Employers can be very creative’: exploitation of migrant workers on the riseWRC cases taken on behalf of workers are likely to be ‘the tip of the iceberg’, and even in successful cases, nonpayment of awards is a significant issueWed Jan 08 2025 - 06:00
Number of workplace fatalities falls by a quarter in 2024 Incidents involving vehicles still the most likely cause of death, while six people who died were struck by a heavy or falling object, five died after falling themselves, and five were crushedWed Jan 08 2025 - 00:01
School could return to court to have Enoch Burke sent back to jail after he again defies court order Judge said last month option would be open to Wilson’s Hospital when he released former teacher who has spent over 500 days in jailTue Jan 07 2025 - 06:00
As Ireland’s cold snap continues, what measures are being taken to restore power and water services?Defence Forces drafted in as crews from ESB Networks and Uisce Éireann struggle to reach facilities due to conditionsMon Jan 06 2025 - 20:36
‘I told him I can only work Irish school hours’: Fighting for work-life balance in Ireland’s tech sectorFrederic Meyer’s bosses in a US multinational could not let him set an example, so he leftMon Jan 06 2025 - 06:00
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
