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Public Sector

Workers across Northern Ireland public service sectors to take part in 'biggest ever strike'

10 Jan 2024

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Unions

Talks on public sector pay deal to resume at Workplace Relations Commission

1 Dec 2023

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pay talks

Pay talks: Additional money for HSE funded agencies 'must go on worker's pay, not admin costs'

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Industrial Relations

Middle garda ranks in three counties reject new roster proposal but agree to back pay increase

15 Sep 2022

22.7k

Public Bodies

Public sector buildings to turn off heat 1-2 hours before closing time

7 Sep 2022

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FEMPI

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108

chief medical officer

Dr Tony Holohan will not take up controversial role at Trinity College and will retire as Chief Medical Officer

9 Apr 2022

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166

Public Sector

Unions agree deal to give 1% pay rise to public servants this year and another in 2022

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71.0k

PSSA

Talks on new public service pay agreement to start this week

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Pay increase

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Bank Accounts

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19 Mar 2020

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jobs growth

Public sector hoovering up office space in capital as it's becoming Dublin's fastest growing employer

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INTO

European Court rules that two-tier teacher pay scale isn't age discrimination

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pay inequality

'The start of Paschal's troubles': Primary teachers reject public sector pay deal

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lansdowne 2.0

Public service pay deal is 'fair to workers and taxpayers' - Donohoe

8 Jun 2017

48.9k

266

pay restoration

Paschal Donohoe is gearing up for a 'very demanding' public sector pay showdown

28 Apr 2017

15.8k

restoration

Civil servants' union wants a €1.4 billion pay restoration

20 Apr 2017

16.6k

122

Show Me The Money

Here is the pay gap between public and private sector workers

15 Mar 2017

42.8k

Lansdowne Road

Government to talk to public sector unions about Garda pay deal

29 Nov 2016

7.9k

Money Money Money

Now it's the private sector: unions demand 4% increase for all members

15 Nov 2016

16.1k

industrial unrest

Updated: Health Minister will engage with IMO as junior doctors vote on industrial action

14 Nov 2016

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Mo Money Mo Problems

First the buses, now the gardaí: Government fears 'domino effect' in public sector pay demands

30 Sep 2016

11.8k

106

Opinion

What the children’s hospital tells us about public sector decision-making

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30 Apr 2016

816

147

Opinion

Only way to pay young public servants equally is to end generous pension regime

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3 Apr 2016

619

117

rewarding times

Watch out civil servants - Renua are gunning for you

3 Nov 2015

20.0k

lansdowne road agreement

Even more public servants are rejecting a pay deal

10 Aug 2015

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Opinion

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24 Jun 2015

Opinion

Public sector workers shouldn't get disproportionate pay increases over everyone else

Aaron McKenna

6 Jun 2015

716

223

Public Sector Pay

Four out of 10 companies won't be giving pay rises this year

2 Jun 2015

7.9k

Cash Money

Most public servants will get €2,000 extra over the next two years

29 May 2015

35.7k

141

Lunch Fix

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7 May 2015

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Prime Numbers

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7 Mar 2015

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Haddington Road

Public sector workers shouldn't expect a pay rise this year

4 Jan 2015

21.8k

171

Civil Service

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Tom Geraghty

5 Nov 2014

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Reform

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1 Nov 2014

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Embargo

Cork County Council may ditch controversial JobBridge scheme

10 Sep 2014

13.9k

Pay packets

Public sector average wages are €300 per week higher than private sector

25 Aug 2014

45.9k

287

Public Sector

Aaron McKenna: Why are we still rewarding failure and sparing punishment in the public sector?

Aaron McKenna

2 Aug 2014

276

MacGill

This top civil servant wants to talk about making it easier to sack public sector workers

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Climate Change

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