SIPTU Calls for Fund to Help Workers Impacted By Brexit
November 8, 2018 No Responses

SIPTU Calls for Fund to Help Workers Impacted By Brexit

There are calls for a new fund to help workers impacted by Brexit. SIPTU want trade unions to work together to be Brexit ready to protect members’ jobs, wages and terms and conditions. They are seeking a Brexit Adjustment Assistance...
read more
Nurses Union to Vote on Strike Action
November 6, 2018 No Responses

Nurses Union to Vote on Strike Action

Nurses are to vote on whether they want to engage in all-out strike action in a row over pay and staffing. If passed, nurses and midwives would walk off the job for 24 hours and only provide emergency care. President...
read more
Reports Suggest UK Looking to Remain in Customs Union After Brexit
November 4, 2018 No Responses

Reports Suggest UK Looking to Remain in Customs Union After Brexit

It is reported British Prime Minister Theresa May has secured concessions from Brussels to keep the whole of the UK in a customs union after Brexit. According to the Sunday Times, that could provide a breakthrough in avoiding a hard...
read more
SSE Airtricity to Hike Gas and Electricity Charges
November 3, 2018 No Responses

SSE Airtricity to Hike Gas and Electricity Charges

A fourth energy supplier has signalled that it is to hike its gas and electricity prices. SSE Airtricity blamed continued rises in wholesale energy costs as well as increases in electricity transmission charges. From next month it is increasing the...
read more
Tanaiste Visits London and Paris for Brexit Talks
October 31, 2018 No Responses

Tanaiste Visits London and Paris for Brexit Talks

Tánaiste Simon Coveney is visiting London and Paris today for talks focusing on Brexit. In London, he will meet with his UK counterpart Jeremy Hunt while in Paris the Tánaiste will meet with the French ministers for Foreign Affairs and...
read more
Twenty Three Counties Report Growth in Job Vacancies
October 30, 2018 No Responses

Twenty Three Counties Report Growth in Job Vacancies

The number of job vacancies are up in 23 counties across the country, according to the latest IrishJobs.ie index for the third quarter of this year. Almost every county and major city experienced growth in job vacancies compared to the...
read more
British Government Allocates $2.8m for Belfast City Center Recovery
October 29, 2018 No Responses

British Government Allocates $2.8m for Belfast City Center Recovery

Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer has allocated $2.8m (£2.2m) to help Belfast city center recover following a major fire. The historic Banks Building, which housed Primark, was left a charred shell after the blaze on August 28 that took several...
read more
Taoiseach ‘Confident’ Hard Border can be Avoided
October 26, 2018 No Responses

Taoiseach ‘Confident’ Hard Border can be Avoided

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar moved to reassure Irish citizens living in the North that his government will not turn its back on them during a visit to a city just a few miles from the border. Speaking to the media during...
read more
Preparations for Customs Checks Begun at Dublin Port
October 25, 2018 No Responses

Preparations for Customs Checks Begun at Dublin Port

Dublin Port is stepping up customs check procedures in preparation for Brexit. The Tánaiste has strongly urged businesses to get serious about preparing for Britain leaving the EU. It comes as the British Government is intensifying preparations for a no...
read more
New Facilities Proposed for Cork and Shannon, But No New Terminals
October 24, 2018 No Responses

New Facilities Proposed for Cork and Shannon, But No New Terminals

New infrastructure including boarding gates, stands, and passenger handling facilities will be needed for Cork and Shannon but no new terminal capacity or runways, a report for the Government says. Passenger numbers for Cork are projected to rise to as...
read more
1 … 64 65 66 67 68 … 80