Childcare: ‘I never knew how tough it was to be a working mother in this country’Long waiting lists and rising creche fees are just some of the challenges facing parents with young childrenSat Aug 17 2024 - 06:00
Independent TD Violet-Anne Wynne ordered to pay former employee €11,500 by WRCFiona Smyth took legal case after being dismissed with one week’s pay in lieu of notice in March 2023Sat Aug 17 2024 - 06:00
Intel begins consultation with Irish staff on job cutsChip giant confirms departure terms alongside details of other cuts to work benefits for those who staySat Aug 17 2024 - 05:00
Stabbed military chaplain Fr Paul F Murphy ‘very much a hands-on padre’Role in annual military pilgrimages to Lourdes means Fr Murphy is well-known among European armiesFri Aug 16 2024 - 20:18
Rise in national minimum wage from €12.70 to €13.50 an hour to be considered by CabinetLow Pay Commission understood to have recommended 80 cent increase per hour to the current rateThu Aug 15 2024 - 21:28
Almost 40% of doctors working in Ireland last year had qualified overseas, says medical councilNot enough training opportunities for foreign-educated doctors may lead to them ‘returning home’Thu Aug 15 2024 - 00:01
Ticket exchange website Toutless grows again after attack by professional scammers‘People want to pass on tickets they’re not able to use without anyone being ripped off’: Website heads into busiest period with music fans on the hunt for sold out Electric Picnic ticketsWed Aug 14 2024 - 16:00
Moves to address teacher shortages have failed ‘to make dent’ in problem, says ASTIMost schools had vacancies last year, only one in five of those that advertised received applications - union surveyWed Aug 14 2024 - 13:49
Dublin gorse fire: Power restored to 4,000 homes after outage caused by blazeFour thousand homes had been left without electricity for a time as Dublin Fire Brigade fought blaze that damaged power linesSun Aug 11 2024 - 16:16
Additional places on some healthcare university courses to be made available from next monthMove to include expanded intakes for speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, podiatric medicine and physiotherapy programmesFri Aug 09 2024 - 17:57
Irish Rail services on Cork, Dublin, Galway and Waterford routes to be improved this month New timetable features additional inter-city and local services as well as changes to Dart and other commuter servicesFri Aug 09 2024 - 13:32
Twelve cases of accommodation fraud reported to gardaí in JulyForce issues warning to people not to hand over cash or to make transfers via Revolut or in cryptocurrencyFri Aug 09 2024 - 06:21
Union warns statutory redundancy system needs updating after deal with street-lighting contractorDispute highlighted inadequacy of current statutory redundancy ceiling, says trade union ConnectWed Aug 07 2024 - 06:00
‘There’s every single art form you can think of’: Culture Night aims to break records with 2024 offeringThe one-night festival around the country in September is ‘everywhere, for everyone’, organiser saysTue Aug 06 2024 - 19:58
‘I believe there is hope as long as people march’: Hundreds attend Dublin vigil to mark 300th day of Gaza warEvent in capital, one of 30 organised across the State, hears calls for ceasefire and sanctions against IsraelFri Aug 02 2024 - 21:24
Psychiatric nurses defer action again as sides agree return to talksThe dispute centres on staffing levels across the country’s hospital and mental health servicesFri Aug 02 2024 - 15:46
Talks on pay for voluntary sector to resume on FridayThousands of staff at voluntary organisations contracted by Government to be affected by negotiations which have repeatedly stalledThu Aug 01 2024 - 22:10
Staff at disability advocacy service to ballot on proposals to resolve long-running pay disputeSiptu and management at National Advocacy Service for People with Disabilities have reached agreement on a number of issuesTue Jul 30 2024 - 16:12
Psychiatric nurses set for industrial action after ‘failed’ WRC talksPsychiatric Nurses Association will inform HSE it intends to start action on August 8th over recruitment issuesTue Jul 30 2024 - 09:52
New grants of up to €25,000 to support people with disabilities in workplaceHeather Humphreys to launch Work and Access programme which will provide financial supports to help people with disabilities get into or continue in workTue Jul 30 2024 - 06:00
Aircoach drivers to vote on 4.8% pay offer over nine months and new rostering arrangementsPay offer follows talks with Siptu and follows drivers working ‘under protest’ over rostering changes introduced in JulyMon Jul 29 2024 - 16:30
Man accused of setting fire to Luas tram during Dublin riots remanded in custodyThomas Connors (33) of Markievicz House, Townsend Street appeared at the Central Criminal Court on FridayFri Jul 26 2024 - 14:13
Psychiatric nurses’ union to consider industrial action after talks at WRC failConcerns about staffing levels not addressed by HSE, says associationFri Jul 26 2024 - 00:01
Generic drugmaker Viatris to cut over 200 jobs with Cork plant closure Company cites declining demand for decision to shut active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturing plantThu Jul 25 2024 - 18:29
Childcare price hikes threaten to wipe out increased State subsidies for parents Department of Children to allow service providers to raise prices if charging below average ratesSun Jul 07 2024 - 07:00
RTÉ chief takes gentle swipe at politicians’ scrutiny as broadcaster gets latest €20 million bailoutBakhurst says he had no preference on future funding model so long as it protects RTÉ's independence, provides the required level of support and is multiannualTue Jul 02 2024 - 20:48
Number of work permits issued up by almost a third in first half of year Scale of increase partly explained by post Covid delays in system experienced by workers arriving into Ireland two years agoTue Jul 02 2024 - 19:41
Proposals for major changes to Northern Ireland employment law flagged by Conor MurphyEconomy Minister launches consultation on range of issues, many of them already the subject of EU prompted legislation in IrelandMon Jul 01 2024 - 15:57
Delays to new sentencing guidelines criticised in wake of Cathal Crotty caseJudicial Council’s recommendations still not published almost five years after establishment, says Róisín ShortallSun Jun 30 2024 - 15:15
Private sector workers keen to stay on until 66 likely to be affected by legislative delay Budget and related legislation set to take much of Dáil’s time after summer recess and Bill likely to fallSun Jun 30 2024 - 06:00
Union overseeing pilots’ group tells other Aer Lingus staff to work as normalNon-pilot staff warned against taking part in pickets or speaking to mediaFri Jun 28 2024 - 20:37
Aer Lingus pilots’ dispute grounds another 20,000 passengersUnion and management to return to Labour Court on Monday after cancellation of almost 400 flightsFri Jun 28 2024 - 17:23
‘It’s better than a dig in the face’: LGBT employees on how the workplace became more acceptingAhead of a landmark Pride in Dublin, people involved in the fight for equality remember more hostile times and give a guarded welcome to improved corporate inclusivityFri Jun 28 2024 - 15:36
Banks urged to do more to resolve customer complaintsOver half of complaints received by Financial Services Ombudsman relate to bankingThu Jun 27 2024 - 17:56
Psychiatric nurses vote overwhelmingly for industrial action over staffing Action backed by 96 per cent of union members who voted amid frustration over vacanciesWed Jun 26 2024 - 07:00
RTÉ's Late Late Show and Fair City to be produced off Montrose site under new strategyGovernment agrees to release first tranche of €20 million in interim funding following reform programmeTue Jun 25 2024 - 17:41
Women still underrepresented on councils amid online abuse and lack of supportOnly one more female councillor sitting after latest elections compared to beforehand, with 677 women candidates having run and 247 of them securing seatsTue Jun 25 2024 - 06:00
‘Hopefully you are executed’: Man accused of sending threatening messages to three TDs found not guilty Court rules warrant issued in November 2019 to search home of Joseph Ballantine in Co Tipperary was invalidMon Jun 24 2024 - 00:00
Report on investigation into death of Shane Tuohey critical of gardaí and familyJudge Coghlan was deeply critical of some of the family’s actions, particularly those of Shane’s father, Eamon, who he said had effectively run a parallel investigation to the one being conducted by the GardaFri Jun 21 2024 - 17:20
‘He’s not stopping, I’m going to die’: Woman beaten by soldier condemns suspended sentenceDefence Forces says any conviction of serving member ‘may have implications for retention’ in the organisationFri Jun 21 2024 - 05:00
‘At some point, it just felt like home’: Ireland’s newest citizensHundreds of people gathered outside the Convention Centre on Thursday afternoon for photographs and celebrationsThu Jun 20 2024 - 19:41
‘It has been a great step forward’: Man who lost arm in crash has prosthetic thanks to cross-border initiative62-year-old Michael MacAogáin had his arm amputated following the incident in June, 2008Mon Jun 17 2024 - 17:56
HSE recruitment ban to end soon, Bernard Gloster tells conferenceHSE chief executive says he expects movement on issue ‘shortly’Mon Jun 17 2024 - 17:02
President condemns far right hiding behind ‘mask of protester’Higgins’s comments about ‘vigilantes’ at public libraries come as gardaí raise concern about protests outside Taoiseach’s homeMon Jun 17 2024 - 06:00
Protecting libraries from far-right attacks not just a job for gardaí, says President Michael D Higgins tells Bloomsday gathering those who intimidate library staff and tear up books ‘must be called out’Sun Jun 16 2024 - 16:00
Security guards to receive pay increase after Minister approves new orderBasic rate for those working in the sector will increase from €12.90 to €14.50 per hourFri Jun 14 2024 - 12:20
Pilots at Aer Lingus begin fresh vote on industrial actionMove comes after company’s solicitors raise issues over original vote which returned near unanimous backing for possible strikeFri Jun 14 2024 - 11:23
Labour legislation and collective bargaining: ‘For smaller, less well-resourced employers, it can all be very difficult to manage’A report suggested the various measures would add about 19 per cent to costs in the hospitality sector by 2026 and about 15 per cent in retailFri Jun 14 2024 - 06:00
Aer Lingus and pilots union talks break up without agreement, amid threat of summer strike actionTalks break up on Thursday night without agreementThu Jun 13 2024 - 20:49
