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...
by | Apr 13, 2026 | General News, Latest News, Latest News Home, Public Administration and Community
SIPTU has today (Monday 13th April) welcomed the Government’s new investment plan for the country’s full-time and retained fire services but highlighted serious gaps of grave concern. The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage published a statement on...
by | Apr 13, 2026 | General News, Latest News, Latest News Home, Press Releases
SIPTU General Secretary, John King, has condemned the Government’s abandonment of low- and average-income households amid a worsening cost-of-living crisis driven by spiralling energy costs, with no targeted support measures. SIPTU General Secretary, John King, said:...
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...
by | Apr 7, 2026 | General News, Latest News, Latest News Home, SIPTU Bulletin
The Support Sector Committee has secured a date with the Workplace Relations Committee (WRC) to re-engage on its outstanding concerns regarding the Job Evaluation Scheme. In 2023, SIPTU secured a positive outcome to the national job evaluation scheme for support...
by | Apr 5, 2026 | History, Latest News
The Easter Rising of 1916 would not have happened without our Union. Under the leadership of James Connolly, the acting general secretary of the ITGWU, the predecessor of SIPTU, was at the very centre of the Rising. Connolly was a driving force behind the planning for...
