Discrimination on socio-economic grounds should be illegal, says rights group Adding status to proscribed list would ‘constitute a crucial shift in the equality landscape’, says Irish Human Rights and Equality CommissionMon May 06 2024 - 16:19
Asylum seekers sleeping in tents by Grand Canal say they have nowhere else to goClose to 70 tents pitched in area over the weekend after migrants were issued with letters saying there were no supports availableSun May 05 2024 - 13:12
Tara Mines set to reopen after workers vote to accept deal Agreement provides for ‘very significant’ levels of change and job losses but should provide ‘certainty’ for more than 400 workersFri May 03 2024 - 12:13
Urgent need for enactment of new defamation Bill, say ombudsman and industry groupsOmbudsman also warns there can be no press freedom where journalists are threatened with violenceThu May 02 2024 - 21:07
Teacher union members indicate high levels of support for proposed mergerSurvey of ASTI and TUI members indicates overwhelming majority favour merger talks proceedingThu May 02 2024 - 19:54
Almost two-thirds of Dublin companies losing staff to housing shortage, survey showsThe need to provide somewhere to stay for incoming staff is increasing across sectors including hospitality and care homesThu May 02 2024 - 14:16
Labour Court recommendation in Aer Lingus pilots’ pay dispute expected over coming weekTwo sides made further submissions on their respective positions on MondayMon Apr 29 2024 - 18:22
More than 4,000 nurses assaulted in little over a year, says INMOIrish Nurses and Midwives Organisation releases ‘conservative’ figures to coincide with Workers’ Memorial DayMon Apr 29 2024 - 12:44
Workplace fatalities: ‘It’s shocking that he lost his life while just trying to do his job’Five years after he died in a workplace accident, John McCann’s family are still waiting for answersMon Apr 29 2024 - 06:00
EU employment rights directive will be part of Irish law by November deadline, Taoiseach tells unions Unions plan May Day recruitment events against backdrop of Ictu awareness campaign highlighting benefits of being in a trade unionSun Apr 28 2024 - 17:21
Delays in renewing work permits causing problems in Cork, say Indian nursesImmigration specialist warns ending of visa-free travel from South Africa will impact on Irish companiesSun Apr 28 2024 - 15:24
Newtownmountkennedy protests: Taoiseach condemns ‘thuggery’ after violent clashes with gardaí at site earmarked for asylum seekersMcEntee and Harris back Garda handling of protests at site intended for use as accommodation for IP applicantsFri Apr 26 2024 - 14:25
Aoife Johnston death: ‘Only a matter of time before there is another tragedy’ at UHL, warns local GPDr Yvonne Williams of Shannon Medical Centre said that trust in the emergency department at University Hospital Limerick had been erodedFri Apr 26 2024 - 12:55
Tara Mines: Voting begins on deal following meeting with ‘a lot of anger’The deal provides for about 150 redundancies on top of the roughly 50 jobs already lost to retirementFri Apr 26 2024 - 10:33
More than 58,000 Brazilians live in Ireland, with 40% intending to stayMore than half the respondents to embassy report say they have experienced discriminationFri Apr 19 2024 - 16:24
Veteran Siptu offical felt ‘betrayed’ by union after making protected disclosures alleging wrongdoingGer Malone tells Workplace Relations Commission management ‘conspired’ to ensure she lost her positionThu Apr 18 2024 - 14:51
Emergency call operator had to call 999 herself over death threat from nuisance callerEmergency call operators face abuse from ‘frequent flyer’ callers - while sticking to prescribed guidelinesWed Apr 17 2024 - 21:24
‘I’d like a break from being abused all the time’, says TV licence inspector in wake of RTÉ crisisBill O’Sullivan says situation at doors of homes got ‘hot and heavy’ last July when scandal relating to Ryan Tubridy’s pay first came to lightWed Apr 17 2024 - 18:20
More than 150 jobs to go in deal to reopen Tara MinesTara Mines production has been shut down since last July, with 650 workers temporarily laid offWed Apr 17 2024 - 09:38
Bus, rail and Luas workers report death threats, stone throwing and passenger cocaine and heroin useSiptu officials and union members at Dublin Bus, Irish Rail and Luas to appear before Oireachtas committee as part of campaign for establishment of dedicated transport policing unitWed Apr 17 2024 - 00:00
Staff at An Post and Eir to be balloted on new pay dealsCommunications Workers Union gets agreements worth 8% for the postal workers and 11% for those in the telecom operatorTue Apr 16 2024 - 19:10
Unions welcome U-turn on long Covid payments for healthcare workersThere will be a three-month extension to the payment scheme for HSE employees impacted by long CovidTue Apr 16 2024 - 19:00
Professional job vacancies and seekers down sharply in first quarterNumber of vacancies in professional roles down by 13.8 per cent on the final quarter to 2023, say Morgan McKinleyTue Apr 16 2024 - 05:00
Moving back to the family home to save for a deposit: ‘It’s a short-term pain, long-term gain situation’Isaac Nolan and his girlfriend, Kes, hope that moving back to his family home in Wexford will enable them to add to existing savings and buy their own place within two yearsTue Apr 16 2024 - 00:01
Financial and housing pressures taking toll on under 30s, research finds Youth Council warns of ‘long-term impacts on social cohesion if young people feel increasingly alienated, unsupported and deprived of opportunities’Tue Apr 16 2024 - 00:01
More than 200 restaurants and cafes have shut this year, RAI report finds Employment in the sector overall grew by more than 80 per cent between the first quarter of 2012 and the end of last yearTue Apr 16 2024 - 00:01
Academics for Palestine criticise universities over ‘neutrality’ and lack of action on war in GazaGroup expresses dismay over lack of response to call it issued last month to presidents of third-levels institutions to take actionThu Apr 11 2024 - 17:44
Court cuts WRC compensation award to Debenhams staff by 50%Most of the €3m fund allocated to retraining staff was unspent and returned to Government at the end of last yearThu Apr 11 2024 - 17:06
Delay in changing sick pay law cannot be justified, union saysCall for State supports to businesses to be targeted as many seem unable to ‘wean themselves off’ wide range of helpTue Apr 09 2024 - 06:00
Excessive use of social media creating generation of ‘broken people’, psychiatrist saysUse of social networks increasingly contributing to mental health problems, particularly among young people, conference hearsSun Apr 07 2024 - 14:24
Patients and staff enduring ‘pretty awful conditions’ in some EDs, says HSE chiefDemand for services in EDs rose 12% in early part of yearSat Apr 06 2024 - 14:31
New treatments will have capacity to consign severe and complex obesity to history, IMO conference hearsHSE’s national clinical lead for obesity says drugs like Ozempic represent major breakthrough, producing hugely beneficial results for around 30% of patients and positive ones for as many againFri Apr 05 2024 - 20:29
Stress a major issue for two thirds of early years educators, survey findsSiptu findings show staff shortages, low pay and intensity of the work itself among main causesFri Apr 05 2024 - 19:41
‘There just isn’t enough of us’ - GP shortages mean greater pressure on doctors in a stretched health service The demands of caring for an ageing population, the provision of out-of-hours services and getting locum cover are some of the issues deterring doctors from filling GP vacanciesFri Apr 05 2024 - 19:00
Process for obtaining free GP visit cards needs to be simplified, says Donnelly Less than 10 per cent of 400,000 newly eligible people have availed of schemeFri Apr 05 2024 - 17:36
Gaza situation is ‘slow genocide that has been turned into a quick genocide’, TUI conference hearsDr Salem Gharbia, who moved to Ireland 10 years ago and is head of environmental science at Atlantic University, Sligo, spoke at eventThu Apr 04 2024 - 17:27
Announcement of special needs cuts felt like early April fools, TUI conference toldDepartment of Education previously announced removal of complex needs as criteria for allocation of teaching hoursThu Apr 04 2024 - 17:07
‘Teachers being harmed by bad inspections’ that ‘must stop’, TUI delegates toldSpeaker notes statutory nature of process and accepts need for accountability but 'more equitable system needed'Wed Apr 03 2024 - 21:05
‘We can’t afford to live in the capital’: Could a Dublin allowance improve teacher supply?We asked delegates at teaching union conferences if they support calls for teachers in urban areas to be paid more to reflect higher living costsWed Apr 03 2024 - 18:29
Government departments and State bodies leave €532m in capital allocations unspent Despite extreme need, Department of Housing fails to use €141 million available to it last year and carries it over into 2024Wed Apr 03 2024 - 06:00
‘Children are using AI, whether we like it or not’Delegates at the teaching unions’ conferences discuss the rise of artificial intelligence in the classroomTue Apr 02 2024 - 21:00
Pay and conditions for thousands of adult education tutors to be regularisedMany tutors paid an hourly rate based on time spent teaching with no holiday pay or pension entitlementsTue Apr 02 2024 - 20:32
Defence Forces officers’ body accuses department of abusing position with proposed legislationRaco says move to prohibit specific officers from being members of union will breach fundamental rightsTue Apr 02 2024 - 15:16
Junior hospital doctors still working too many hours and lack adequate supports, says IMOSurvey by union found 83% routinely working hours in contravention of legislationTue Apr 02 2024 - 15:10
Healthcare staff with voluntary bodies still await pay increases agreed in OctoberEmployers and unions say processing of terms cumbersome, with attempts being made to cut numbers of workers who benefitMon Apr 01 2024 - 18:00
Department of Health rules out further extension of long Covid staff payments schemeAbout 120 people on the scheme, which is due to expire on SundayFri Mar 29 2024 - 18:28
Hours threshold eased for employers seeking to use scheme employing people with disabilityWeekly threshold for employers to secure financial supports is to be reduced from 21 to 15 hours from April 1stFri Mar 29 2024 - 11:49
President of TU Dublin to step down after period of financial turbulence at universityProf David FitzPatrick will take up a role with the University of Nottingham in the coming monthsWed Mar 27 2024 - 16:09
Roughly half of primary schoolteachers target of physical aggression in classroom, survey findsINTO says findings highlight issue of aggression in schools, particularly in special needs settingsTue Mar 26 2024 - 17:32
Parents are regular offenders in social media bullying of teachers, survey findsA fifth of teachers have been subject to online abuse, with students responsible in a majority of casesTue Mar 26 2024 - 13:40
