# cuts - Tuesday 29 January, 2013
# Cuts
# Cuts
Staff are to hold a meeting to discuss the possibility of industrial action after being informed of the cuts.
# cuts - Friday 25 January, 2013
# Your Say
# Your Say
Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan has said that cutbacks will not affect the standard of policing, but are you worried about the closure of 100 garda station?
# cuts - Thursday 24 January, 2013
# Cuts
# Cuts
The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors said the cuts to allowances that were put on the table today are unacceptable.
# cuts - Tuesday 15 January, 2013
# Town Councils
# Town Councils
The Minister said that councils would be given more powers – even though there would be fewer councillors.
# Cuts
# Cuts
The Government and trade unions are to sit down for discussions today, with cuts expected to be tabled.
# cuts - Friday 11 January, 2013
# Consumers
# Consumers
December’s index saw the largest one month point decline in seventeen years.
# cuts - Thursday 10 January, 2013
# Cuts
# Cuts
The plan includes an additional cut to primary care costs of €60 million, staff reductions of 4,000 and a promise to reduce waiting times.
# Elderly
# Elderly
Age Action said that a cut in the Seniors Alert Scheme “is a bad decision” with “terrible timing”, given recent attacks on elderly people.
# Health
# Health
The Irish Medical Organisation said that budget cuts ‘could end the capacity to introduce universal GP care’.
# cuts - Saturday 5 January, 2013
# Redundancy
# Redundancy
Distribution firm Johnson Brothers told its employees yesterday that 83 jobs will be lost due at its plant in west Dublin due to outsourcing.
# cuts - Thursday 20 December, 2012
# Spain
# Spain
Crowds gathered today to protest against job and benefit cuts as well as the tax increases passed today.
# Bus Eireann
# Bus Eireann
Bus Eireann has decided to introduce a range of cost-cutting measures, including cutting overtime, shift, premium and rota payments.
# cuts - Wednesday 19 December, 2012
# Labour
# Labour
The Labour Party spokesperson on Transport, Tourism and Sport Heffernan has resigned the whip.
# cuts - Sunday 16 December, 2012
# Budget
# Budget
In a letter to a Sinn Féin TD, one teacher said the government have no understanding of how further education works.
# cuts - Saturday 15 December, 2012
# Conflict
# Conflict
The Labout TD said ministers and party members were attempting to distract from problematic issues in the budget.
# cuts - Saturday 8 December, 2012
# No Confidence
# No Confidence
Gerry Adams said the coalition parties have “broken their contract with the electorate”.
# Jobs
# Jobs
In a report the department said this is a key requirement of the new implementation of the Croke Park Agreement.
# Aaron McKenna
# Aaron McKenna
The opposition’s reaction to Budget 2013 has been standard stuff. Will any party be credible the next time Ireland votes?
# cuts - Thursday 6 December, 2012
# Garda Stations
# Garda Stations
Willie Gleeson from the Association said that despite requesting meetings with the Minister for Justice and Garda Commissioner, they only found out about the cuts yesterday.
# Budget 13
# Budget 13
Two Dublin TDs want to stop the government from cutting child benefit – but if they can’t, will they vote against the Budget?
# Opinion
# Opinion
The cuts contained in this Budget fly in the face of Government statements on growth and protection. They’re difficult to justify, writes Michael Taft.
# cuts - Wednesday 5 December, 2012
# Property Tax
# Property Tax
Kenny said this budget would probably be the most challenging in the life of this government.
# Social Welfare
# Social Welfare
Cuts to the child benefit rate is causing anxiety this evening, along with a range of other newly-announced changes.
# Budget 2013
# Budget 2013
The reduction represents a 19 per cent cut in the payment which is used by carers to pay for home help and respite care.
# Jobs
# Jobs
The jobs will be cut in a move to boost efficiency, as Citi focuses on 150 cities worldwide that have the highest growth potential in consumer banking.
# cuts - Tuesday 4 December, 2012
# Opinion
# Opinion
Whatever tomorrow brings, it’s going to make a big difference to my little girl and I, writes single mother Nessa Toale.
# cuts - Saturday 1 December, 2012
# Not The News
# Not The News
Breaking via The Mire wire: 103% of adults fluent in Irish; evidence of a parliament found in Leinster House; rainwater is tax-free… for now.
# cuts - Tuesday 27 November, 2012
# Gardaí
# Gardaí
The Justice Minister also said he is unable to say when recruitment will recommence despite the high numbers expected to retire this year.
# cuts - Monday 26 November, 2012
# Budget 2013
# Budget 2013
We want to hear from a wide range of people across the country to find out their thoughts both ahead of Budget Day and on the day itself.
# cuts - Wednesday 21 November, 2012
# Protest
# Protest
Thousands took to the streets in Dublin to demand equal rights – and no cuts in resources – for those with disabilities.
# cuts - Monday 19 November, 2012
# Health
# Health
The INMO is calling on its members to protest on Saturday against further cuts in health services in Ireland.
# cuts - Wednesday 14 November, 2012
# Bankers
# Bankers
Labour Party TD for Dublin North Brendan Ryan says the Irish public “will not stand for further cuts in education or other frontline services”.
# cuts - Monday 12 November, 2012
# Greece
# Greece
The Greek parliament agreed a tough cost cutting budget yesterday amid noisy protests in the capital.
# cuts - Monday 5 November, 2012
# Health
# Health
Billy Kelleher has called the prospect of downgrading of Waterford Regional Hospital “extremely worrying” and asked James Reilly to immediately clarify plans for the facility.
# cuts - Wednesday 31 October, 2012
# Standup
# Standup
The site features information on the cost of college and encourages students, parents and businesspeople to contact their local politicians to voice their opposition to fees and cuts.
# cuts - Saturday 27 October, 2012
# Spain
# Spain
Hundreds of Spanish police officers protested outside the interior ministry today to denounce budget cuts and the elimination of benefits.
# cuts - Wednesday 17 October, 2012
# Cuts
# Cuts
The HSE is planning to cut around 450,000 home help hours between now and December – but demonstrators say the cuts need to be reversed.
# cuts - Tuesday 16 October, 2012
# Barnardos
# Barnardos
A new director’s report shows income from donations fell to €6.8 million from €7.4 million the previous year.
# cuts - Tuesday 2 October, 2012
# Consumers
# Consumers
Experts said speculation around the budget and potential cuts to social welfare and health contributed to the decline.
# Drug Addiction
# Drug Addiction
Coolmine Therapeutic Centre says it urgently needs €100,000 from the State in order to keep its mother and child facilities for drug addicts open.
