Ursula Lidbetter wants Co-op to be loved and trusted again
Hasty replacement for Len Wardle says group could emerge stronger from scandal over ex-chairman Paul Flowers The 170-year-old chain of Co-op stores has a presence in every postcode in the UK, as well...
View ArticleHospitals could have to pay for errors that kill or cause injury, says Hunt
Moves proposed to make NHS a 'beacon of care' following Mid Staffs hospital scandal include giving patients named consultant Link to video: NHS hospitals will have ‘duty of candour’ to patients...
View ArticleIs council chief executive pay excessive? – head to head debate
Two leading figures discuss whether council heads should get pay rises in times of austerity Sam Ellis: 'Slashing salaries will not result in finding better leaders' The issue of pay and leadership is...
View ArticleWeighing up charity and taxes
Sir, – I would like to thank Niall Crowley (Opinion, November 21st) for highlighting the One Percent Difference website www.onepercentdifference.ie and I would urge readers to visit the site,...
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Stories about spying, ABC salaries and a politicians private life have left people asking where to draw the line between what is private and what is in the public interest. Juanita Phillips: Its been...
View ArticleMy whistleblowing was a heroic act, sacked PR chief Garbhan Downey tells job...
A senior executive at Londonderry's Culture Company who went to the media with his "genuinely held concerns about the misappropriation of public funds" has no regrets about his actions, an industrial...
View ArticleTaoiseach ‘annoyed’ at breaches of health pay policy
Taoiseach Enda Kenny this evening said he was annoyed at the revelations about the top-up payments to senior health service figures. More than half of the country’s voluntary hospitals and health...
View ArticleHow can banking still be a source of scandal so long after the crash?
Sex, drugs, money, video, religion and politics. That's the beauty of this scandal. The tale of the Reverend Paul Flowers, alleged "crystal Methodist", and the Co-operative bank is a gift that gives...
View ArticleTop doctor denies salary cap breach
The top doctor in one of the country's largest maternity hospitals has said she has been vilified and faced unwarranted criticism over her earnings in a row over executives' top-up pay. Rhona Mahony...
View ArticleDeparting BBC director Lucy Adams using licence fee cash to back fight...
The BBC is using the licence fee to pay the legal fees of its controversial and departing £320,000-a-year head of human resources after she instructed lawyers to "take matters further" when a trade...
View ArticleDeparting BBC director Lucy Adams using licence fee cash to sue journalists'...
The BBC is using the licence fee to pay the legal fees of its controversial and departing £320,000-a-year head of human resources after she instructed lawyers to "take matters further" when a trade...
View ArticleSome hospitals claim pay compliance, HSE expected to say
The Health Service Executive is expected to tell a Dáil committee today that some State-funded hospitals and agencies are claiming to be compliant with Government pay policy while identifying...
View ArticleSome hospitals claim pay compliance, says HSE
The Health Service Executive has told a Dáil committee that some State-funded hospitals and agencies are claiming to be compliant with Government pay policy while identifying individual exceptions to...
View ArticleReilly denies any deal done on CRC top-ups
Minister for Health James Reilly has dismissed claims by the Central Remedial Clinic (CRC) that it had an agreement with the Health Service Executive to top up the pay of senior executives with money...
View ArticleHospital executive top-up payments: what we have and haven’t been told
This time last week, “top-ups” referred to payments made by mobile users requiring phone credit. But in recent days the definition has broadened to include additional privately funded payments paid to...
View ArticleCRC top-ups ‘not at any stage sanctioned’ - HSE
The HSE has said that top-up payments for the chief executive and other senior staff in the Central Remedial Clinic (CRC) were “not at any stage agreed to or sanctioned” by it. The statement comes...
View ArticleExtra healthcare payments evolved over the years
Senior managers in State-funded voluntary hospitals and health agencies – officially known as section 38 organisations – are public servants. However, for years the full remuneration package of senior...
View ArticleRevelations over executive pay will rankle in wake of cuts to supports
At a time of savage cutbacks to disability services, disclosures over the scale of pay for senior managers in voluntary bodies will rankle most of all with families of children who have lost vital...
View ArticleReilly denies any deal done on CRC salary top-ups
Minister for Health James Reilly has dismissed claims by the Central Remedial Clinic (CRC) that it had an agreement with the Health Service Executive to top up the pay of senior executives with money...
View ArticleCentral Remedial Clinic used charity money to top up senior staff salaries
The Central Remedial Clinic has admitted using charitable funds to top up the salaries of senior staff members. In a statement today, the Dublin-based clinic confirmed that money was collected by a...
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