Ninth Level Ireland

“The following are the Education Sector Proposals issued to teaching unions following over night talks …” (more)

[Teachers' Union of Ireland, 21 May]

“Unions are to consider a new set of draft proposals reached on public service pay following lengthy talks at the Labour Relations Commission …” (more)

[RTÉ News, 21 May]

“A deal has been struck between the Government and unions on a revised public sector pay deal, it has been announced …” (more)

[Independent, 21 May]

“Health sector unions have been presented with a series of draft proposals on a revised public sector pay deal. Labour Relations Commission Chief Executive Kieran Mulvey has said substantial progress has been made …” (more)

[RTÉ News, 21 May]

“Talks have gone on throughout the night and into the morning at the Labour Relations Commission in an attempt to finalise a new public service pay agreement …” (more)

[RTÉ News, 21 May]

“There have been a number of one-sided and ill-informed diatribes on higher education policy in the national press in recent months. Although often well written, their positions are indefensible …” (more)

[Tom Bailey, wonkhe, 21 May]

“Policy decisions are taken without considering policy and planning. Irish universities have absorbed serious funding cuts and now face a crisis …” (more)

[Marie Clarke, Irish Times, 21 May]

“The Cabinet will have to decide today whether to extend a further lifeline to the Croke Park II talks following intensive negotiations. Labour Relations Commission chief Kieran Mulvey was expected to report to Public Expenditure Minister Brendan Howlin this morning …” (more)

[Caroline O’Doherty and others, Irish Examiner, 21 May]

“Brendan Howlin must show a clear pathway as to how savings will be achieved over the next two years. When EU-IMF troika officials have talked privately about how the Government has been faring on its bailout programme, they have borrowed a phrase used by management consultant Eddie Molloy: ‘implementation deficit disorder’ …” (more)

[Harry McGee, Irish Times, 21 May]

“The Irish Federation of University Teachers said it was up to the official side to prove that talks on a new pay deal are not just an attempt to persuade people to accept proposals that have already been rejected …” (more)

[TheJournal.ie, 20 May]

“The Executive of the Irish Federation of University Teachers (IFUT) has decided to accept an invitation by the Labour Relations Commission to enter Education Sector talks on the post-Croke Park situation …” (more)

[Irish Federation of University Teachers, 20 May]

“The ASTI – which represents more than 17,000 second-level teachers – has voted for industrial action to be taken in the event that the Government acts unilaterally to cut the pay or worsen the working conditions of teachers …” (more)

[ASTI, 20 May]

“Members of the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) have balloted for industrial action, up to and including strike action, in the event that government unilaterally imposes salary cuts or worsens working conditions for teachers and lecturers …” (more)

[Teachers’ Union of Ireland, 20 May]

“The Irish Federation of University Teachers will make a decision today whether or not to enter public sector pay discussions with the LRC over a revised Croke Park deal …” (more)

[BreakingNews.ie, 20 May]

“Talks on a revised public sector pay agreement at the Labour Relations Commission later today amid fresh doubts over the Government’s savings target …” (more)

[Martin Wall, Irish Times, 20 May]

“NUI Galway has become the only university in the State outside Dublin to secure a prestigious international accreditation for its MBA programme …” (more)

[Lorna Siggins, Irish Times, 20 May]

“The indications given yesterday by Minister of State Brian Hayes that the Government may not secure €300 million in savings it was seeking this year from the public service pay and pensions bill would represent a major climbdown if it comes to pass …” (more)

[Martin Wall, Irish Times, 20 May]

“One of China’s top universities is in talks to open a campus at the former site of the BBC in London in the latest push to extend Chinese influence across the globe …” (more)

[Malcolm Moore, Telegraph, 19 May]

“‘It is inappropriate and not in the best interests of the institute’ for Flan Garvey to remain as chairman of the college’s governing board, according to members of the Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI) in the Institute of Technology, Tralee …” (more)

[Clare Champion, 19 May]

“The Executive of the Irish Federation of University Teachers (IFUT) will hold an emergency meeting tomorrow morning (Monday May 20th) to discuss it position in relation to entering talks, following its members’ decisive rejection of the Croke Park II proposals …” (more)

[Irish Federation of University Teachers, 19 May]