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Taoiseach pledges schools will reopen after midterm
- Education
- October 29, 2020, 16:23
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said that schools will definitely open on Monday after the midterm break, despite a vote by one teachers’ union in favour(...)

Breda O’Brien: What if children are a key source of Covid spread?
- Opinion
- October 10, 2020, 02:00
It is impossible to plan for something the State is constantly assuring people will never happen. Schools and creches are going to remain open even at(...)

Government to consider sanctions for striking teachers
- Education
- January 20, 2020, 01:00
The Department of Public Expenditure has said it will consider “in due course” whether thousands of teachers who are scheduled to go on strike next mo(...)

Defence Forces pay boost will not be extended across public service
- Irish News
- July 5, 2019, 01:00
Increases to allowances put in place to boost pay for Defence Forces personnel will not be extended to other groups of State employees, a development (...)

Measures to address two-tier pay system to come into effect from Friday
- Irish News
- February 28, 2019, 19:19
New measures aimed at addressing the controversial two-tier pay system for thousands of staff who joined the public service since 2011 will come into (...)

Unions take cautious approach on knock-on pay rises
- Irish News
- February 12, 2019, 14:53
There has been no immediate drive by public service groups for additional pay deals similar to that secured by nurses on Monday after their recent str(...)

Nurses set to strike over pay as talks fail to break deadlock
- Health
- January 18, 2019, 06:00
Strikes by nurses appear set to go ahead from the end of the month after talks broke down on Friday without resolution. Negotiations between the Iris(...)

School secretaries ‘treated like second-class employees’ – trade union
- Education
- January 17, 2019, 20:00
School secretaries are being treated like “second-class” employees by the Government, with some earning as little as €12,000 a year and no entitlement(...)

Will the teaching unions align against the Government?
- Irish News
- October 23, 2017, 18:52
The ASTI ballot result means all three main teaching unions have now voted to reject the new public service pay agreement, potentially leaving the doo(...)

Unions told resources for pay rises to be very limited in 2018
- Irish News
- May 22, 2017, 19:18
The Government is seeking extra productivity and work-practice changes from the State’s civil and public servants in return for a new pay deal. Brief(...)