Unions warn of further strike date in November if talks fail to yield new public pay deal
Talk between unions and Government said to have reached ‘crunch time’
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Public sector pay deal will include reform and productivity measures, Jack Chambers says
‘Intense’ discussions taking place at the Workplace Relations Commission, Minister says
EU’s new ‘Made in Europe’ rules could further delay Irish housing, warns ESB
Emails show ESB Networks worried draft law to boost European manufacturing will raise infrastructure costs
Defence Forces to seek more than 550 armoured vehicles from France
Vehicles will transform Army from mostly peacekeeping force to military capable of limited conventional war fighting
Ireland’s military is moving into the 21st century – some fear it is not ready
Purchasing gaffes, malfunctioning machine guns and planes too big for hangars show the Defence Forces has a lot to learn
How can the public sector pay deal get over the line?
Pay remains at the top of the agenda, while the Government will have to clarify its demands for ‘productivity improvements’ in the public sector
Any pay deal reached with unions must have productivity elements, says Taoiseach
Fórsa chief Kevin Callinan says unions would now test whether Government has understood protesters’ position
A public pay deal will be done – and here’s what it will look like
The Government has to make a show of safeguarding public money. Unions have to fight for every last euro. There will be a few late nights - but a deal is inevitable
OPW to assess implications of withdrawing from proposed National Children’s Science Centre
Minister to meet charity behind plans in a bid to identify a way forward for the project while minimising cost to the State
€43bn should have been enough to build 110,000 homes. Only 27,000 were built
Another €9.4 billion was allocated to housing last week. There are questions to be asked about the effectiveness of housing budget spending
Teaching unions urge Taoiseach to intervene and prevent further strike action
Frustration with Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers triggers call around ‘role here for’ Martin
Time to get down to business? Public opinion may shift if second strike takes place
With some of the unions not paying any strike pay, the strikers will feel the impact of their own action in their pockets
The Irish Times view on the public sector strike: mutually agreed obstruction
Both sides have a duty to make every effort to avoid further disruption
Public sector strike ‘inevitable’ and will see up to 150,000 medical appointments cancelled
First of two scheduled walkouts will bring widespread disruption, with further escalation possible in November
‘They were all sick of each other by then’: Inside the Government rooms where the budget was made
Fraught last-minute haggling in back rooms dominated the final days of negotiations as spending Minister Jack Chambers dug in
We have just seen a perfect example of Ireland’s fiscal incontinence
The Irish State has become a monstrously bloated organisation that has lost all sense of value for money
New public spending efficiency taskforce to be established within three months
Jack Chambers says new body will scrutinise day-to-day public spending and see where greater value for money can be delivered
Budget 2027: Measures on pensions, welfare, income tax and more take shape
Continued acrimony in some quarters on Friday evening as many departments moved towards settling their budget
Budget builders: the money Ministers who are two sides of the same coin
As they finalise Budget 2027, young-career politicians Simon Harris and Jack Chambers are getting on better than some expected
More than 50 people expressed interest in becoming new Arts Council director
Three people were shortlisted for high-profile role before Shona McCarthy secured job in August
Former fisheries chief ‘targeted’ by comments in Dáil and protected disclosures, WRC hears
Civil servants believed Francis O’Donnell had right to go back to previous role, WRC hearing also told
State paid millions to asylum seeker housing firms after cancelling contracts
‘No value’ secured from deals which represented ‘substantial loss to the taxpayers’
Children’s hospital contractor Bam submits claims for €983m over disputed costs
Project marked by escalating costs – from €987m to €2.24bn, with delays and fraught relationship between builders and oversight board
Strike action to resume at Oberstown after deadline passes
A number of stoppages were staged during the summer before an agreement was brokered at the Workplace Relations Commission
Uncertainty over minimum wage hike that would see annual pay pass €30k for first time
Officials resisting further steps towards scrapping means test for carer’s allowance in Budget negotiations
Inside Budget 2027: ‘The meeting was brutal’ - the tensions on the road to new spending package
In 10 days Simon Harris and Jack Chambers will present their budget – in Government back rooms the horse-trading with fellow Ministers is in full swing
Trade union balloting is ‘only delaying’ public sector pay deal, Jack Chambers says
Provision will be made in budget for new deal despite the lack of agreement, Minister says
Soldiers’ rations cut, naval radar plan paused as Defence Forces ordered to save millions
Military sources say ‘all spending’ paused barring something that could prevent a ship going to sea
Good cop, bad cop: Harris and Chambers toy with electorate ahead of budget
Government’s income tax package could be worth as little as €10 a month to the average worker
Improved pension for Limerick mayor John Moran could cost extra €320,000 – Government officials
Spending department says directly elected mayor should receive same pension as local authority chief executives, not junior ministers
Government levy will impact funding for Uisce Éireann, IDA, Fáilte Ireland
Department of Defence says levy to offset education overspend will put ‘significant’ pressure on military transformation programme
Budget 2027: ‘Specific consideration’ for measures to tackle rising heating oil costs
Jack Chambers was speaking at Dublin Castle in advance of an EU presidency meeting
FF Senator paid €16,700 in travel expenses while sick at home for eight months
Holly Cairns criticises Oireachtas system that led to her being mistakenly paid €8,500 in travel expenses while on maternity leave
HSE spending controls have ‘not had sufficient impact’, says Minister
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill says scale of projected HSE overspend ‘cannot be explained by demand pressures alone’
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