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# Public Service

This year
2024
Explainer: 'No deal' in public pay talks, but why are they always so tense?
Unions have been seeking pay to be restored since a €4 billion austerity cut in 2009.
Last year
2023
Firefighter leaves retirement party to help rescue 28 calves trapped in slurry tank in Armagh
Public service staffing crisis not just an Irish problem but 'a Europe-wide issue'
Civil servants warn Donohoe of 'reform fatigue' within public sector due to Covid and Brexit
All time
Revised terms amounting to a 6.5% pay increase accepted by public service workers
McGrath gives the green light to exploratory talks on public service pay
School secretaries vote to accept pay scale aligned with public service rates
Public turned to trustworthy online media during pandemic, with RTÉ and The Journal top
Explainer: Why are politicians getting a 2% pay rise?
'It's not popular, but needs to be said': MacSharry defends saying some civil servants using lockdown to watch box sets
Taoiseach favours setting targets to make the health service, schools and the civil service more diverse
Public service workers to be transferred to help with contact tracing and social welfare applications
President signs bill that allows public servants work until they're 70
Government spent over €200k promoting the Public Services Card
Poll: What age would you like to retire at?
Retirement age for public service workers to increase to 70
Public servants took more than 2 million sick days last year
Public or private sector workers - who actually came out worse in the recession?
Fifty Dublin City Council JobBridge interns not employed at the end of placement
These are the government departments with the highest rates of absenteeism
Emails from annoyed viewers abroad led to RTÉ's new international player
Fancy a job as a public servant? Recruitment for 550 positions has started
Fancy a civil service job? Recruitment will start again next year
Bank of Ireland will not be able to pay salaries until tomorrow morning
Gardaí €13 million off target for Haddington Road savings
Council workers in South Dublin are working to rule today
Impact: We want more pay... as long as the economy can handle it
Dozens of retired civil servants receive pensions worth €100k
Problems recruiting consultants? 'Let's deal with it'
'A lot done, more to do': Reform plans promise more public services cards and better procurement
Aaron McKenna: Our government hides its actions by obstructing Freedom of Information
Peter Tyndall to replace Emily O'Reilly as Ombudsman
Applicants for Dublin Fire Brigade were asked if they’re gay or straight
Average weekly earnings fall in seven out of 13 categories
Another public sector union has voted in favour of Haddington Road
The Croke Park Agreement saved the taxpayer €1.8 billion
RTÉ’s equivalent in Greece is shut down to cut public spending
New broadcasting charge won’t be used to save ailing newspapers
'Industrial peace' on the way if unions accept pay proposals
Howlin: It's in personal interests of public workers to accept pay cuts