Peamount Hospital medical director, Prof Luke Clancy, & senior house officer, Dr Paul Kelly, were both granted temporary High Court orders today preventing the hospital terminating their employment.
They were also granted an order restraining the hospital from interfering with them doing their work.
The hospital is the national specialist referral centre for tuberculosis (TB), but is undergoing a refocussing of services after a strategic plan.
Dr Clancy was removed from his job as part-time medical director in the national TB hospital with effect from today.
The Irish Medical Organisation, which is supporting the doctors' oppostion to the changes, has said it is alarmed and concerned at the removal of the only hospital consultant from the country's TB service.
Peamount Hospital insists that TB services will continue as normal.
In July 2003, the new chief executive of Peamount Hospital published a five-year strategy for the hospital. It took the former sanatorium in a new direction - becoming a centre for rehabilitation and continuing care services.
The strategy rejected the option of having a chest hospital on site, which means it will gradually transfer its 60-bed respiratory and TB unit to another hospital. However, the strategy did not outline a timeframe.
Two health boards offer acute hospital services for TB patients. The rest of the country refers to Peamount, which saw 63 new cases of TB last year.
Many are concerned that the changes in the hospital will put added pressures on the nearby Tallaght and Naas hospitals, and many staff are disputing the management's decision to close the TB services.
