SIPTU frontline ambulance workers’ 72-hour strike stood down following progress in talks

by | May 22, 2026 | Ambulance Sector, Divisions, General News, Health, Latest News, Latest News Home

SIPTU has agreed to stand down a planned strike by members of the National Ambulance Service next week following constructive discussions with the HSE at the Labour Court. The talks concern the HSE’s failure to implement the recommendations of an independent report on...

SIPTU serves notice of strike action on National Ambulance Service

by | Apr 13, 2026 | Ambulance Sector, Health, Latest News, Latest News Home, Press Releases

SIPTU has notified the National Ambulance Service (NAS) of its intention to conduct strike action next month as part of a long-standing dispute with the HSE regarding unimplemented recommendations from a 2020 independent report. Last week, approximately 2,000 SIPTU...

SIPTU ambulance members vote for industrial action

by | Apr 8, 2026 | Ambulance Sector, Health, Latest News, Latest News Home

Around 2000 SIPTU members in the National Ambulance Service across the country voted overwhelmingly for industrial action, up to and including strike action on Wednesday (8th April). The result is due to a long-standing dispute with the HSE over its failure to...

SIPTU welcomes decision to offer contracts to graduate paramedics

by | Mar 11, 2026 | Ambulance Sector, Divisions, General News, Latest News, Latest News Home, Press Releases

SIPTU representatives have welcomed a resolution of a dispute affecting 70 graduate paramedics who will now be offered permanent contracts in the National Ambulance Service.  This dispute was concluded following engagement between unions and HSE management yesterday...

National Ambulance Service dispute intensifies following student jobs decision

by | Feb 27, 2026 | Ambulance Sector, Health, Latest News, Latest News Home

SIPTU members are urging the HSE’s National Ambulance Service (NAS) to reverse its decision not to offer student paramedics full-time contracts following graduation, breaking with what had previously been common practice. SIPTU Sector Organiser John McCamley said:...

National Ambulance Service to ballot for industrial action in salary scales dispute

by | Feb 20, 2026 | Ambulance Sector, General News, Health, Latest News, Latest News Home

SIPTU members in the National Ambulance Service (NAS) are balloting for industrial action in a dispute with management resulting from a failure to implement the recommendations of an independent report on updating staff salary scales in recognition of changes in their...