Person: Ashley Connolly

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

<p>The unions said that the HSE has suppressed over 2,000 posts in the healthcare services across all grades — including nurses and other healthcare professionals.</p>

news

Posts cannot be allowed to be 'guillotined', unions tell HSE

This intervention from unions comes after the lifting of the HSE’s controversial recruitment freeze last week, which had been in place since last October

<p>Ciara Kane, CEO of the Northside Family Resource Centre in Limerick: 'Every time I try to recruit for what we’re all agreed is an essential service, Tusla or the HSE can outstrip me with salaries.' Picture: Brian Arthur</p>

spotlight

Care crisis: 'Staff have had to bag pack for their own salaries or to pay the heating bill'

<p>A dispute over differing pay rates in the homecare sector continues.</p>

news

Homecare workers ‘likely’ to be balloted for strike action over pay

File Photo The Health Service Executive has said it is working to establish how many patients may need to have their medical tes

news

HSE clerical and admin staff to start industrial action in early September

news

Gloster orders HSE to slash spend on management consultants by €40m

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar officially opens new wing at The Mater Hospital

news

Donnelly backs Fórsa's call for audit of HSE spend on external experts

€5k pay gap between HSE and voluntary sector hurting services for children and vulnerable

Children with disabilities waiting for an assessment of need are one group facing a huge backlog

Fri, 26 May, 2023

Elaine Loughlin: Retrofit plan will go up in smoke if we can’t find people to do the work

Elaine Loughlin: Delay takes the good out of goodwill gesture to Ireland's frontline workers

What started as a way to honour healthcare staff now looks like a measly half-hearted afterthought — and it's still not been paid

Tue, 04 Oct, 2022

Aer Lingus Regional cabin crew set for Easter strike

Cabin crew staff servicing Aer Lingus Regional flights look set for strike action over Easter due to a dispute over pay and working conditions.

Wed, 10 Apr, 2019

Aer Lingus apologises to staff for hurt caused by theft allegations

The CEO of Aer Lingus has issued an apology to the airline's staff over reports that workers had stolen or damaged millions of euro worth of passenger, staff and company goods.

Fri, 07 Dec, 2018

Agreement reached for driving tester panel ahead of new laws

The union which represents the country’s driving testers says it has reached agreement with the Road Safety Authority to establish a panel with up to 100 extra testers to meet a predicted surge in demand.

Sat, 14 Apr, 2018

Fórsa: Hire 100 driver testers or wait times will double

More than 100 extra staff are needed to avoid driving test waiting times doubling to 55 weeks because of new learner driver sanctions, says public service union Fórsa.

Fri, 16 Feb, 2018

Ryanair faces pilots’ strike in Germany

Ryanair may have created a key moment in its history by officially recognising a pilot union here for collective bargaining purposes as of yesterday, but the airline will still endure a strike today by its pilots in Germany.

Fri, 22 Dec, 2017

Impact: Irish local democracy weakest in Europe

One of the country’s largest public service unions has warned the continued shift of roles from local authorities to central Government will eventually make it impossible to justify local taxes, including the property tax.

Tue, 29 Apr, 2014