by | May 16, 2024 | Archives, NewsArchive, NewsArchive2014
SIPTU is opposing an attempt by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) to increase the retention fee for members for 2015, from €100 to €150, which was announced today (Tuesday, 23rd September). All nurses and midwives must...
by | May 16, 2024 | Archives, NewsArchive, NewsArchive2014
– No scope for tax cuts, despite positive economic projections. An adjustment of €800 million in Budget 2015 balances the requirement for fiscal prudence with the need to avoid doing harm to an emerging economic recovery, according to the latest...
by | May 16, 2024 | Archives, NewsArchive, NewsArchive2014
Members of the SIPTU Cavan/Monaghan District Committee met Minister for Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs, Heather Humphreys and Sean Conlan TD, to present them with the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) budget proposals that are aimed at...
by | May 16, 2024 | Archives, NewsArchive, NewsArchive2014
Cathy Henderson, who designed the 1913 Lockout Tapestry with artist, Robert Ballagh has died after a long illness. Cathy was ill from quite an early stage in the design and production of the Tapestry but she insisted on carrying on with the project. The...
by | May 16, 2024 | Archives, NewsArchive, NewsArchive2014
There are 412,000 households living in fuel poverty in Ireland today, an increase of over 10,000 since last year. This means that almost 20% of all households in Ireland are unable to adequately heat their homes. The Energy Action Conference,...
by | May 16, 2024 | Archives, NewsArchive, NewsArchive2014
SIPTU members will protest outside the annual conference of the Nurses and Midwives Board of Ireland (NMBI), Chartered Accountants House, Pearse Street, Dublin 2, on Thursday, 9th October, from 12.00 p.m. to 1.30 p.m. The protest...
