# Public Service
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This year
2024
Public Service
Explainer: 'No deal' in public pay talks, but why are they always so tense?
Unions have been seeking pay to be restored since a €4 billion austerity cut in 2009.
11 Jan
18.3k
29
Last year
2023
Firefighters
Firefighter leaves retirement party to help rescue 28 calves trapped in slurry tank in Armagh
1 Aug 2023
19.7k
14
european unions
Public service staffing crisis not just an Irish problem but 'a Europe-wide issue'
18 Feb 2023
26.7k
26
Public Service
Civil servants warn Donohoe of 'reform fatigue' within public sector due to Covid and Brexit
19 Jan 2023
14.4k
6
All time
Pay deal
Revised terms amounting to a 6.5% pay increase accepted by public service workers
7 Oct 2022
26.7k
44
rising inflation
McGrath gives the green light to exploratory talks on public service pay
6 May 2022
18.9k
18
Pay and Conditions
School secretaries vote to accept pay scale aligned with public service rates
23 Mar 2022
20.2k
12
Public Service
Public turned to trustworthy online media during pandemic, with RTÉ and The Journal top
23 Jun 2021
18.4k
74
Public Service
'It's not popular, but needs to be said': MacSharry defends saying some civil servants using lockdown to watch box sets
30 Jul 2020
76.7k
98
Dáil
Taoiseach favours setting targets to make the health service, schools and the civil service more diverse
11 Jun 2020
22.8k
106
emergency mobilisation
Public service workers to be transferred to help with contact tracing and social welfare applications
18 Mar 2020
52.7k
30
Retirement
President signs bill that allows public servants work until they're 70
Updated
26 Dec 2018
32.8k
91
paying a premium
Public or private sector workers - who actually came out worse in the recession?
27 Apr 2015
36.4k
115
return to sender
Fifty Dublin City Council JobBridge interns not employed at the end of placement
18 Apr 2015
12.9k
57
Cough Cough
These are the government departments with the highest rates of absenteeism
5 Mar 2015
41.8k
140
airin go brea
Emails from annoyed viewers abroad led to RTÉ's new international player
4 Mar 2015
28.3k
36
Jobswatch
Fancy a job as a public servant? Recruitment for 550 positions has started
20 Oct 2014
54.2k
31
Permanent and Pensionable
Fancy a civil service job? Recruitment will start again next year
14 Oct 2014
12.8k
17
cash no flow
Bank of Ireland will not be able to pay salaries until tomorrow morning
31 Jul 2014
73.0k
174
deficit targets
Impact: We want more pay... as long as the economy can handle it
16 May 2014
7.7k
32
Public Service
'A lot done, more to do': Reform plans promise more public services cards and better procurement
14 Jan 2014
5.4k
19
Voices
Aaron McKenna: Our government hides its actions by obstructing Freedom of Information
Aaron McKenna
16 Nov 2013
104
38
Fire Service
Applicants for Dublin Fire Brigade were asked if they’re gay or straight
31 Aug 2013
19.2k
56
Broadcasting Charge
New broadcasting charge won’t be used to save ailing newspapers
31 May 2013
9.6k
67