Apprentices for home building ‘dropping out to work in fast-food sector’ due to low payPay rates starting at €7.17 per hour are hindering expansion of key skills apprenticeship programmes, says unionThu May 30 2024 - 20:34
The science behind taking the ‘perfect penalty’ tackled by students at Trinity’s ScifestThe students at the Centre for People with Intellectual Disabilities displayed projects at the eventThu May 30 2024 - 19:23
‘Charter’ to help reduce youth unemployment ‘step in right direction’Some 50,000 long-term unemployed to receive ‘personalised’ supportsTue May 28 2024 - 17:38
‘Life changing’ income scheme for artists means more spend time on work and fewer suffer from depressionGreen Party wants to extend three-year pilot Basic Income for the Arts scheme which provides €1,400 per month to artistsMon May 27 2024 - 12:44
Dart and Enterprise rail services in Dublin resume but delays expected for a number of hoursIrish Rail says crews working to resolve problem caused by damage to overhead lines in Clontarf areaMon May 27 2024 - 11:08
Call for extension of miscarriage leave backed by public service unionAssociation of Higher Civil and Public Servants conference backs motions seeking more leave for domestic abuse survivors, improved menopause policies and time off for staff with fertility-related issuesFri May 24 2024 - 20:54
Civil Service union condemns narrative that leaving work on time is ‘quietly quitting’Almost a third of the membership generally said the demands involved were unsustainable with 40 per cent saying issues were arising because of understaffingFri May 24 2024 - 00:01
Tony O’Reilly a man of great ambition and loyalty who cherished loved ones, funeral hearsService for rugby player turned businessman attended by former U2 manager as well as sporting and political figures including TánaisteThu May 23 2024 - 17:05
Recording of conversations in cabs sees Wicklow firefighters consider data protection complaintFirefighters ‘shocked’ to learn dashcams had audio-recording capabilityThu May 23 2024 - 06:00
Cross-Border educational agreement focuses on advanced manufacturing More accessible training expected to help the ‘most marginalised’ young people towards better jobsWed May 22 2024 - 16:04
Race or sexual orientation discrimination complaints up sharply last year - WRCDiscrimination overall remains most common grounds for bringing case to Workplace Relations CommissionMon May 20 2024 - 19:00
Finance union chief calls for ‘pause’ on bank branch closures for five yearsCall at Financial Services Union conference in Belfast is to give time to consider future of branch bankingSun May 19 2024 - 15:29
Public and private sector employers urged to ‘work with the strengths’ of people with disabilitiesFórsa trade union conference hears of experiences of woman with hearing loss and man with autism and ADHD identificationsFri May 17 2024 - 15:10
‘It’s not our job to be censors’: Library staff facing alarming levels of aggressionHarassment and intimidation from far-right protesters having a ‘distressing effect’ on staff members, Fórsa conference hearsThu May 16 2024 - 19:37
‘Gaslighting’ of health workers by Robert Watt unacceptable, says union chiefFórsa’s Kevin Callinan highly critical of comments by Department of Health secretary generalThu May 16 2024 - 14:57
Delays in prosecution of suspect in death of Pte Seán Rooney to be pursued by Tánaiste during Lebanon visitDonegal man (24) was killed in an attack on a convoy of Irish peacekeepers in December 2022Wed May 15 2024 - 20:27
Irish soldiers cross Border to access medical treatment under €1.50-a-week scheme‘It took a couple of weeks to get it all sorted,’ says Defence Forces member who travelled to Belfast for procedure amid long waiting lists in RepublicTue May 14 2024 - 20:04
Ban on Defence Forces members attending protests breaches their constitutional rights, High Court rulesRepresentative body PDForra welcomes decision, saying is it ‘happy that it vindicates what we believe to be the rights of members of the Defence Forces to peaceful assembly’Tue May 14 2024 - 19:13
Amazon Labor Union organiser tells Liberty Hall forum of need to connect with youthChris Smalls notes absence of young people in auditorium as symptom of union movement’s ‘wider struggle to connect with young workers’Sun May 12 2024 - 16:49
Sinn Féin in government would not be certainty for delivering more for workers, says Mick LynchUK Labour and SF both have good policies ‘on paper’ but would still be subject to pressures when in power, union leader tells Dublin eventSat May 11 2024 - 17:03
'I'm living with the consequences of a 'meaningful Christmas'': The healthcare workers with long Covid‘If I leave my son to school in the morning I come home and need to rest for an hour-and-a-half. It’s a 10-minute drive’Fri May 10 2024 - 18:20
Asylum-seeker encampments: More barriers erected along Dublin’s Grand Canal in bid to deter tentsSimon Harris said long-term encampments would not be allowed to form again after transfers out of Mount Street and canalFri May 10 2024 - 17:39
Healthcare recruitment freeze impacting on patient care, Stephen Donnelly admitsMinister for Health denied the timing of the announcement on Thursday of a new assessment of emergency department services in the midwest was an election stuntFri May 10 2024 - 15:40
INMO members reject proposal on postnatal assessments amid stark divisions on issue Motion defeated following lengthy debate marked by stark divisions of opinion at INMO conference at Croke ParkThu May 09 2024 - 18:00
Irish healthcare workers will help rebuild Gaza’s medical services, INMO conference toldPalestinian ambassador to Ireland describes impact of Israel’s ‘vicious war’ on region’s healthcare systemThu May 09 2024 - 15:41
Budgets being put ahead of patient safety by Government, claims INMONurses’ union’s annual conference at Croke Park in Dublin hears HSE recruitment embargo affecting safe staffing levelsWed May 08 2024 - 18:32
More than a fifth of nurses and midwives have seen doctor for work-related stress - INMOIrish Nurses and Midwives Organisation survey finds more than half experience pressure to work additional hours because of staffing levelsWed May 08 2024 - 13:14
More than 2,500 workers excluded from healthcare pay deal ‘a breach of trust’ National Community Care Network says failure to grant the workers 8% pay award would mean staff doing the same work for the same organisations were receiving different rates of payTue May 07 2024 - 05:00
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
