An overtime ban involving 6,000 psychiatric nurses will restart from Wednesday.

This is the second 24-hour ambulance branch strike throughout the country, involving paramedics, advanced paramedics and emergency medical technicians. It will remain in place until 2pm on Saturday.

6,000 members of the Psychiatric Nurses' Association will begin an overtime ban today over a dispute with the HSE.

Several Government ministers have said they would like to revoke the appointment of incoming Central Bank Governor but have conceded there is no way to do so.

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has defended his appointment of under-fire Gabriel Makhlouf as governor of the Central Bank and said the Government will not be changing its mind on the decision.

New Zealand has launched an investigation into the incoming governor of the Central Bank of Ireland.

The Health Service Executive (HSE) maintains that the recognition of other trade unions except Siptu, which represents frontline staff, would undermine work relations.

A 24-hour long strike is to be held by more than 500 ambulance personnel nationwide on Friday in an ongoing row over union recognition.

PNA General Secretary Peter Hughes says it is hard to understand how the HSE solution to the ongoing staffing row is to order a new embargo on recruitment.

Mental health services are at crisis point as staffing shortages are expected to worsen, a psychiatric watchdog has warned.

Ambulance personnel nationwide are to go on strike for 24 hours in a further escalation of a row over union representation with the HSE.

The PNA National Ambulance Branch is meeting later to discuss the next steps in their ongoing dispute over union recognition.

Up to 500 ambulance staff nationwide are to hold a fifth strike tomorrow in a stand-off with the HSE over their right to be represented by a trade union of their choice.

Further ambulance strikes are likely if the HSE continues to refuse to recognise the right of more than 500 personnel to be represented by the union of their choice, the Psychiatric Nurses Association has warned.

A two-day strike by ambulance personnel members of the Psychiatric Nurses Association gets underway this morning.

More than 500 ambulance service personnel belonging to the Psychiatric Nurses Association (PNA) will be on strike again today as the dispute over trade union representation rights intensifies.

Talks will get underway again at the Labour Court this morning in an attempt to find a breakthrough in the nurses dispute.

Talks between the Psychiatric Nurses Association(PNA) and HSE bosses have ended for the night.

Talks between nursing unions and the HSE, in a bid to avert strike action by nurses, have ended with an agreement to meet again on Monday.

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Two nursing unions are set to ballot 46,000 members for strike action next week over concerns that pay is too low to recruit and retain staff.

Latest: Unions have been formally invited to take part in a new round of public sector pay talks.

Around 4,500 psychiatric nurses around the country have begun industrial action over staffing and pay.

Psychiatric nurses could begin strikes within weeks over what their union describes as “understaffing” in mental health services at both acute and community levels.

Psychiatric nurses have voted to begin industrial action in protest over staff recruitment and retention across the mental health services.

Monaghan returned to Division One in a blaze of glory, turning over Tyrone at Healy Park to launch their season with two points on the road.

Tyrone 1-12 St Mary’s 0-03: Holders Tyrone moved to within touching distance of the Dr McKenna Cup semi-finals with a comfortable if unimpressive win over St Mary’s at Healy Park.

Ciarán McGinley will not play for Tyrone in 2015.

Danske bank has announced that Pepper Asset Servicing will administer the accounts of their 14,000 mortgages holders after they pull out of consumer banking in Ireland.

Dublin football manager Jim Gavin believes that the Allianz Football League should not begin until April.

Westmeath manager Paul Bealin is optimistic his outfit will stay the course against All-Ireland champions Dublin on Sunday.

Donegal 1-7 Tyrone 0-13

Truagh (Monaghan) 0-17 Eskra (Tyrone)0-12

Unions have today called on nursing graduates to boycott a new HSE recruitment scheme, which plans to recruit 1,000 graduates on a lower payscale.

Mickey Harte last night heralded a new era for Tyrone football, confirming a major overhaul of his squad and the departure of 11 established players.

MICKEY Harte is set to carry out a major overhaul of his Tyrone squad.

Addiction services for almost 1,000 people will be “set back 10 years” by major cuts imposed yesterday.

Former drugs smuggler and convict Howard Marks is in Cork this week, writes Richard Fitzpatrick

Tyrone manager Mickey Harte has made five changes to his team for Sunday's Allianz League Division 2 final against Kildare at Croke Park (throw-in 2pm).

Donegal star Michael Murphy celebrated his return to football in 2012 with an injury-time free in DCU’s emphatic Sigerson Cup semi-final victory at NUI Galway Sportsground in Dangan yesterday.

NUI Maynooth and DCU will contest tomorrow's Sigerson Cup final after semi-final wins at Dangan, Galway this afternoon.

Alan Quirke is back between the posts for Cork who take on Down in this weekend’s Allianz Football League, at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Sunday.