Phil Ní Sheaghdha, general secretary of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins
Hundreds of senior nurses and midwives are to receive 3 per cent pay rises as part of sectoral bargaining guidelines contained in the current public pay deal. A deal has also been agreed for a €2,000 increase in allowances for principals and deputy principals in primary schools, and a €1,000 increase for thousands of special needs assistants.
Under the current public sector pay deal, public servants received a 1 per cent pay rise last October and...
obraonain Given the out of control inflation, its effectively a pay cut