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Nuns ordered by WRC to pay €2,040 for unfair dismissal

An order of missionary nuns has been ordered to pay €2,040 compensation for the unfair dismissal of a care home worker after she claimed that her Supervisor told her "if you walk out that door, your job is gone".

Business • 16 hrs

Caretakers and secretaries at a picket outside St Vincent dePaul Infant primary school in Dublin

Fórsa declines invitation to talks on strike

The Fórsa trade union has declined an invitation to return to the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) for talks to resolve the school secretaries and caretakers dispute.

Ireland • 6 hrs

Technology firm Mbryonics to create 125 jobs in Galway

A Galway-based technology company is to create 125 jobs as part of a significant expansion of its operations in the city.

Connacht • 16 hrs

Irish, UK & Indian workers earn more than national median

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that Irish, Indian and British nationals had earnings above the national average last year.

Business • 03 Sep

Leinster-based Chartered Accountants see pay hikes of 6%

There has been a significant increase in the earnings potential for Leinster-based Chartered Accountants, according to new research.

Business • 03 Sep

The Workplace Relations Commission has ordered Homesavers firm to pay €13,000 compensation to Mark O'Connor after finding he was discriminated against on the grounds of being a Traveller

Traveller supervisor told to follow family awarded €13k

A Traveller supervisor employed at a Homesavers store, who was allegedly asked by a manager to follow his aunt and young cousin around the store, has been awarded €13,000 compensation in a Traveller discrimination case.

Business • 02 Sep

How 'job' scams work: AI images, fake websites and false promises

AI-generated faces, fake brands and persuasive scripts are now being used to run scams that look increasingly convincing. Prime Time followed one from the first text to the point where victims are asked to hand over money

Prime Time • 02 Sep

Michael Lohan, CEO, IDA Ireland; Minister of State with responsibility for Financial Services, Credit Unions, and Insurance, Robert Troy TD; andAidan Foley, CEO and Co-Founder, Centralis Group

Centralis to double workforce in Dublin to over 70

Irish-founded financial services firm Centralis is to more than double its workforce in Dublin to over 70.

Dublin • 02 Sep

'Significant number' of applications for RTÉ VEP approved

RTÉ has said a significant number of applications for its Voluntary Exit Programme in 2025 have been approved.

Business • 01 Sep

Bonnington Hotel operator to pay €26k for sham redundancy

The operators of the former Regency Hotel in Dublin have been ordered to pay €26,000 compensation to a former carpenter over a "sham redundancy" that was executed in a manner "that was both ruthless and dishonest".

Business • 01 Sep

A group of people hold signs on a picket line outside a school

Pickets at schools amid strike by secretaries, caretakers

An indefinite strike by school secretaries and caretakers has entered a fresh school week.

Ireland • 01 Sep

School secretaries Jacinta Brady and Ger Doyle are among the workers on strike

'Jobs will go undone' - school workers on strike impact

Secretaries and caretakers have warned that "a lot of jobs will go undone" in schools while they are on the picket line.

Education • 28 Aug

Dept can't make promises to striking workers - Chambers

Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers has said his department cannot make any direct commitments in relation to measures being sought by school secretaries and caretakers.

Education • 28 Aug

The workers, who are represented by the Fórsa trade union, are due to begin strike action tomorrow

Secretaries, caretakers to go on strike after talks fail

School secretaries and caretakers are due to go on strike tomorrow after talks at the Workplace Relations Commission failed to resolve a dispute over pensions.

Education • 27 Aug

Majority of parents say childcare issues affecting work

Over 70% of parents say childcare accessibility has impacted their ability to work, according to new research from hiring platform Indeed.

Business • 27 Aug

A group of people stand outside a a large gate holding signs that read 'could you live on €12,000'

Oireachtas broadcast workers protest over pay parity

TDs have promised to back more than a dozen Oireachtas broadcasting workers who do not get paid when the Dáil and Seanad are not sitting.

Politics • 27 Aug

Average weekly earnings up 5.3% in second quarter - CSO

The latest Central Statistics Office figures show that average earnings in the economy continue to increase in the second quarter of this year due to several factors.

Business • 26 Aug

School secretaries and caretakers gather for a meeting at Fórsa headquarters

School secretaries and caretakers gather ahead of strike

School secretaries and caretakers have attended a meeting at Fórsa headquarters in Dublin this evening ahead of planned strike action on Thursday.

Ireland • 26 Aug

Stationery items placed in a makeshift container

WRC talks in bid to avert school secretaries strike

Exploratory talks will be held at the Workplace Relations Commission on Wednesday in a bid to avert planned strike action by school secretaries and caretakers.

Business • 25 Aug

77% of all new DEA beneficiaries from 2022 showed employment activity in 2024, new CSO figures show

Big jump in International Protection applicants working

There has been a big increase in the number of International Protection applicants entering the labour force according to a new study from the Central Statistics Office (CSO).

Business • 25 Aug

Those particularly at risk include manual workers in sectors such as construction

Billions of workers suffering from heat stress, UN says

Governments and employers must act urgently to ease the harmful impacts of heat stress on billions of workers worldwide, according to United Nations' agencies.

Climate Change • 22 Aug

Number of people at work rises by 2.3% in Q2 - CSO

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that the estimated number of people in employment in the second quarter of this year stood at 2,818,100, an increase of 2.3% compared with the same time a year ago.

Business • 21 Aug

Airbus UK workers to strike for 10 days over pay

Thousands of Airbus workers in Britain will go on strike for 10 days starting next month over a demand for better pay, threatening to disrupt production of aircraft wings, trade union Unite has said.

Business • 21 Aug

School secretaries, caretakers set for strike action

As schools prepare to reopen this week and next, trade union Fórsa has described as "deliberate and indefensible" the exclusion of many school secretaries and caretakers from access to a public service pension and public sector terms of employment.

Education • 21 Aug

Remote-only job offers on the rise in Ireland - survey

Amid the growing global trend of employers calling employees back to the office for more in-person workdays, remote-only roles have increased significantly across Ireland, new research from Accenture shows

Business • 20 Aug