# privatisation - Thursday 17 October, 2019
# Your Say
# Your Say
British bus firm Go Ahead has failed to meet the targets agreed with the National Transport Authority.
# privatisation - Wednesday 15 May, 2019
# Privatisation
# Privatisation
The Irish Dental Association says policy will be ‘catastrophic’ for adults and children in lower income areas.
# privatisation - Friday 5 April, 2019
# Privatisation
# Privatisation
Successful applicants will receive training and their pay package will be €32,000 per year.
# privatisation - Monday 3 December, 2018
# Transport
# Transport
The NTA first announced its intentions to put routes up for competitive tender in October.
# privatisation - Monday 7 November, 2016
# Your Say
# Your Say
A bill is coming before the Dáil calling for a referendum on the ownership of Ireland’s water services.
# Irish Water
# Irish Water
The bill, supported by 39 TDs, calls for a referendum on the ownership of Ireland’s water services.
# privatisation - Thursday 30 July, 2015
# Private Practice
# Private Practice
The government is reportedly coming under pressure from the Union’s competition branch to put our rail services out to international tender.
# privatisation - Friday 15 May, 2015
# Wrong Direction
# Wrong Direction
The new Greek government is pushing ahead with privatising ports and airports.
# privatisation - Wednesday 10 December, 2014
# Concerns
# Concerns
Fergus O’Dowd is calling for a referendum to be held next year.
# privatisation - Friday 14 November, 2014
# Bus Eireann
# Bus Eireann
Both Siptu and the NBRU are opposed to the move.
# Privatisation
# Privatisation
The Fine Gael MEP believes legislation is a more sensible option.
# privatisation - Wednesday 5 November, 2014
# Civil Service
# Civil Service
So much irrationality is directed at our civil service, including the dangerous notion of privatisation of functions, that the hard work of many decent people is overlooked.
# privatisation - Saturday 1 November, 2014
# Reform
# Reform
The only effective public sector reform is privatisation.
# privatisation - Tuesday 21 October, 2014
# Alan Kelly
# Alan Kelly
Minister Alan Kelly has said he expects “a reinvigoration in customer focus”.
# privatisation - Friday 25 July, 2014
# On The Buses
# On The Buses
Around 10% of bus routes will be privatised.
# privatisation - Friday 18 July, 2014
# SIPTU
# SIPTU
Siptu and the NBRU were due to take part in protests next week.
# privatisation - Saturday 5 April, 2014
# Connemara
# Connemara
Sinn Féin TDs want to know the governments plans for the future of seaweed harvesting on the Western seaboard.
# privatisation - Wednesday 16 October, 2013
# Strike
# Strike
Workers at the postal service will strike for the first time in four years on 4 November.
# privatisation - Sunday 9 June, 2013
# Childcare
# Childcare
In an exclusive interview with TheJournal.ie, the Minister said that some parents are leaving their jobs because of the cost of childcare.
# privatisation - Sunday 14 April, 2013
# Dirty Dublin
# Dirty Dublin
The Dublin Litter Blog showcases the overstuffed bags, rubbish and random items illegally dumped on the capital’s streets.
# privatisation - Thursday 21 March, 2013
# Europe
# Europe
The members, which include local authority workers, are to protest outside the Dáil today.
# privatisation - Thursday 18 October, 2012
# Your Say
# Your Say
Private bus operators have said they could save the State up to €30 million a year if they take over some subsidised bus routes. But would you welcome more privatisation of bus routes?
# privatisation - Sunday 1 July, 2012
# Rubbish
# Rubbish
The waste collection companies say that the price rise is to cover the cost of the Government landfill levy.
# privatisation - Saturday 19 May, 2012
# Opinion
# Opinion
The two troubled semi-states are living in fantasyland, writes Aaron McKenna. Why should we keep them there?
# privatisation - Wednesday 16 May, 2012
# Italy
# Italy
IMF official says Italy has made notable progress since Mario Monti took office.
# privatisation - Saturday 7 April, 2012
# Opinion
# Opinion
The public sector is old, bewildered and struggling, writes Cormac McGrane. Here’s what we need to do.
# privatisation - Monday 23 January, 2012
# Bins
# Bins
Dublin City councillors are angry with the city managers over how the bin collection service was privatised, saying residents are confused over what’s happening.
# privatisation - Sunday 22 January, 2012
# Bin Collection
# Bin Collection
Sinn Féin Cllr Mícheál Mac Donncha said the council had failed to negotiate the handover properly with private operators Greyhound.
# privatisation - Tuesday 17 January, 2012
# Opinion
# Opinion
The Government is considering selling key State companies, writes Donal Palcic – but are the returns worth it for what we will lose?
# privatisation - Friday 30 December, 2011
# Opinion
# Opinion
With the deadline for a privatisation plan at hand, Fergal Browne warns of the pitfalls of selling public companies to private investors.
# privatisation - Friday 23 December, 2011
# Thatcher
# Thatcher
The former British prime minister hasn’t died – but 16,000 people have signed a petition on a UK government website calling for the private sector to bear the cost of her funeral.
# privatisation - Monday 24 October, 2011
# Airports
# Airports
The transport minister has said the two airports are losing millions of euro every year.
# privatisation - Monday 19 September, 2011
# State Assets
# State Assets
The TEEU has hit out at fellow union Unite, saying it is “not appropriate” to threaten shutdown of Ireland’s electricity supply.
# privatisation - Sunday 31 July, 2011
# State Assets
# State Assets
Plan aims to raise €2 billion to support state infrastructure projects.
# privatisation - Friday 15 July, 2011
# Italy
# Italy
Italy’s finance minister warns that Europe needs a plan because “like on the Titanic, not even the first-class passengers will be saved”.
# privatisation - Sunday 29 May, 2011
# Bank Of Ireland
# Bank Of Ireland
Despite resistance from the bank, quasi-nationalisation appears inevitable but the government does want to keep a portion of the Bank of Ireland in private ownership.
