Emmet Malone

Striking theatre staff at five of the country’s public hospitals have claimed the HSE is having to pay a multiple of the cost of settling their claim to hire in locum cover because it is losing employees to the private sector. More than a dozen elective c... See more

A group of theatre staff at five of the country’s larger hospitals are to take strike action on Tuesday in a dispute over pay. Perfusionists operate the machinery that performs the function of a patient’s heart and lungs during some surgeries and are key ... See more

Britain’s Labour Party is in “deep crisis” as it has continued with Tory policies that have not delivered for the poorest communities, the party’s former leader Jeremy Corbyn has said. Speaking to The Irish Times, Corbyn said he saw no “huge difference” b... See more

The British Labour Party will be plunged into “chaos” if Andy Burnham fails to win next month’s byelection in Makerfield and go on to succeed Keir Starmer as prime minister, the former shadow chancellor of the exchequer, John McDonnell, has said at a poli... See more

A cinema worker who claimed his employer failed to provide him with the reasonable accommodations he required because of his autism and mental health issues has had a €12,000 Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) award increased to €29,000. Dylan O’Riordan... See more