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<title type="html" ><![CDATA[TheJournal.ie]]></title>
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<updated>2013-05-23T10:31:35+01:00</updated>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Nurses warn of industrial action if government legislates for pay cuts ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/nurses-industrial-action-public-sector-pay-cuts-875577-Apr2013/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/nurses-industrial-action-public-sector-pay-cuts-875577-Apr2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-23T10:31:35+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Psychiatric Nurses Association has called on other public sector unions to threaten a ballot on industrial action if the government legislates to cut pay. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Brendan Howlin" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Croke Park II" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="croke park talks" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Des Kavanagh" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Frontline Alliance" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Industrial Action" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Industrial Dispute" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="PNA" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Psychiatric Nurses Association" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Public Sector" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="public sector reform" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Strike" />
<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/hugh-o'connell/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Howlin looking at incorporating public sector allowances into core pay]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/howlin-allowances-630655-Oct2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:d39d8e8d-58fd-25e6-a8e1-0c7669c78a53</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/howlin-allowances-630655-Oct2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-23T10:31:35+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Speaking to the Public Accounts Committee this morning, Brendan Howlin said it would be unreasonable to take away such a large portion of pay from certain groups.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Allowances" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="committee of public accounds" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Croke Park Agreement" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Defence Forces" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="minister brendan howlin" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Oireachtas" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="PAC" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Public Accounts Committee" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="public sector reform" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="public service reform plan" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Teachers" />
<author><name>Michelle Hennessy</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/michelle-hennessy/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Croke Park Agreement: Where do the political parties stand? ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/croke-party-agreement-party-positions-602551-Sep2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:261ea7f2-9f20-4cb5-8dae-8848721eab24</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/croke-party-agreement-party-positions-602551-Sep2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-23T10:31:35+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[We’ve asked all of the political parties and a smattering of independents to outline clearly and in detail their position on the Croke Park Agreement on public sector pay and reform. Here is what they said… ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="CPA" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Croke Park" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Croke Park Agreement" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Croke Park Deal" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Fianna Fáil" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Fine Gael" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Labour Party" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="People Before Profit" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Public Sector" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Public Sector Pay" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="public sector reform" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Public Service" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Sinn Féin" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Socialist Party" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Stephen Donnelly" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="United Left Alliance" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Workers and Unemployed Action Group" />
<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/hugh-o'connell/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: The public sector isn’t there to provide jobs, it’s there to work for us]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-the-public-sector-isn%e2%80%99t-there-to-provide-jobs-it%e2%80%99s-there-to-work-for-us-367546-Feb2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:3987fabc-4385-48a9-bb9c-857ca2c6981d</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-the-public-sector-isn%e2%80%99t-there-to-provide-jobs-it%e2%80%99s-there-to-work-for-us-367546-Feb2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-23T10:31:35+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Truly intelligent efficiencies would deliver more fulfilled workers as well as better services, writes Aaron McKenna.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Civil Service" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Defence Forces" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Office culture" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Opinion" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Public Sector" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Public sector numbers" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="public sector reform" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="public services" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Read Me" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Read mes" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Reform" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="The Way Forward" />
<author><name>Aaron McKenna</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/aaron-mckenna/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[‘Oui, je suis candidat à l’élection présidentielle’: Sarkozy confirms re-election bid ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/oui-je-suis-candidat-a-lelection-presidentielle-sarkozy-confirms-re-election-bid-356809-Feb2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:05835a93-00ba-d382-074c-47b86f960d6f</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/oui-je-suis-candidat-a-lelection-presidentielle-sarkozy-confirms-re-election-bid-356809-Feb2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/oui-je-suis-candidat-a-lelection-presidentielle-sarkozy-confirms-re-election-bid-356809-Feb2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-23T10:31:35+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The French president has used Twitter and a TV interview to confirm he is running for a second term as president. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Allez Allez" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Allez!" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Angela Merkel" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Election bid" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Eurozone" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="France" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Francois Bayrou" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Francois Hollande" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="marine le pen" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Nicolas Sarkozy" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="public sector reform" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Re-election" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Twitter" />
<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/hugh-o'connell/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[McCarthy bemoans Government’s “ham-fisted” public retirement scheme]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/mccarthy-bemoans-governments-ham-fisted-public-retirement-scheme-344890-Feb2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:489fa97a-c91d-a80f-efc9-137dbcf11afc</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/mccarthy-bemoans-governments-ham-fisted-public-retirement-scheme-344890-Feb2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-23T10:31:35+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The chairman of An Bord Snip Nua attacks the “very poorly designed” system which may leave the public sector understaffed.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Colm McCarthy" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Dáil" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Irish Politics" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Pensions" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Public Sector" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="public sector reform" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Public Service" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Reforms" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Retirements" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Howlin: ‘Foolish’ to say there won’t be problems with public sector exodus]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/howlin-foolish-to-say-there-wont-be-problems-with-public-sector-exodus-342993-Feb2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:defccc61-45e4-cc62-133f-0338f3b9ccb7</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/howlin-foolish-to-say-there-wont-be-problems-with-public-sector-exodus-342993-Feb2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/howlin-foolish-to-say-there-wont-be-problems-with-public-sector-exodus-342993-Feb2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-23T10:31:35+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform has admitted he can’t guarantee there won’t be individual problems caused by the exodus of public sector workers at the end of the month. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Brendan Howlin" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Cork Park Agreement" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Public Sector" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="public sector reform" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Reforms" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Retirements" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Seán Fleming" />
<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/hugh-o'connell/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Public sector reforms need ‘more urgency’ to succeed – Hayes]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/public-sector-reforms-need-more-urgency-to-succeed-hayes-326205-Jan2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:7f6b17fd-cfd7-a872-8141-d9740ad4707e</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/public-sector-reforms-need-more-urgency-to-succeed-hayes-326205-Jan2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/public-sector-reforms-need-more-urgency-to-succeed-hayes-326205-Jan2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-23T10:31:35+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Minister of State has warned that pay cuts will be back on the agenda if Croke Park changes are not pushed through.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Brian Hayes" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Cost Cutting" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Croke Park Agreement" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Croke Park Deal" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Croke Park implementation" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Cuts" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="INMO" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Public Sector" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="public sector reform" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Public Service" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Unions" />
<author><name>Michael Freeman</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/michael-freeman/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[The 5 at 5: Thursday]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/the-5-at-5-thursday-4-281950-Nov2011/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:984c7c7e-49fa-dfb7-abc3-df0c45359cca</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/the-5-at-5-thursday-4-281950-Nov2011/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-23T10:31:35+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="5 at 5" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="FIFA" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Mick Wallace" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Priory Hall" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="public sector reform" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Racism" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="recess" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Sepp Blatter" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Take 5" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="The 5 at 5" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Twitter" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="VAT" />
<author><name>Sinead O'Carroll</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/sinead-o'carroll/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Decentralisation scrapped and over 23,000 public sector jobs to go by 2015 ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/decentralisation-scrapped-and-over-23k-public-sector-jobs-to-go-by-2015-281681-Nov2011/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:b6332f9a-20b6-6fb1-cbf8-4d1fd8b35218</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/decentralisation-scrapped-and-over-23k-public-sector-jobs-to-go-by-2015-281681-Nov2011/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/decentralisation-scrapped-and-over-23k-public-sector-jobs-to-go-by-2015-281681-Nov2011/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-23T10:31:35+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The government has outlined plans which also include the merging of nearly 50 state agencies. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Announcement" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Brendan Howlin" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Brian Hayes" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Decentralisation" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Eamon Gilmore" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Enda Kenny" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Mergers" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Public Sector" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="public sector reform" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Public Service" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Quangos" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="scrapped" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="State bodies" />
<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/hugh-o'connell/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Government to unveil public service reform plans ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/government-to-unveil-public-service-reform-plans-281410-Nov2011/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:8caea2e2-67f7-6c10-4376-af0b012bc289</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/government-to-unveil-public-service-reform-plans-281410-Nov2011/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/government-to-unveil-public-service-reform-plans-281410-Nov2011/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-23T10:31:35+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The public service reforms to be announced will see less of a reduction in staff numbers in the public sector than had been pledged in the programme for government. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Brendan Howlin" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Brian Hayes" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Decentralisation" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Eamon Gilmore" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Enda Kenny" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Job Cuts" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Public Sector" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="public sector reform" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Reforms" />
<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/hugh-o'connell/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Public sector workforce falls by 2,000 in first quarter of 2011]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/public-sector-workforce-falls-by-2000-in-first-quarter-of-2011-132468-May2011/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:41951e9e-204c-ee13-0ddb-af2f01903965</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/public-sector-workforce-falls-by-2000-in-first-quarter-of-2011-132468-May2011/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/public-sector-workforce-falls-by-2000-in-first-quarter-of-2011-132468-May2011/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-23T10:31:35+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The latest figures included news that 2,305 posts were shed in the health area. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Brendan Howlin" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Health Service Executive" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Public Sector" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="public sector reform" />
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<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
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<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Privilege days case might lead Howlin to tackle all public sector leave]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/privilege-days-case-might-lead-government-to-tackle-all-public-sector-leave-107661-Mar2011/" ></link>
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<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[After plan to abolish two privilege days for civil servants was rejected yesterday, Government may look to make savings across a broader section of public servants.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Susan Daly</name>
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