The underlying assumptions of the Public Service Stability Agreement (PSSA) need to be reviewed to take account of lost spending power, recent and projected growth rates, and pay movements in the wider economy, according to Fórsa. 

Fórsa has welcomed aspects of the 2019 annual Sláintecare action plan, while saying the health department is moving too slowly on important aspects of the initiative.

The child and family agency Tusla has launched a new website to help young people avail of its services. The site – changingfutures.ie – was developed by a research group made up of young people who have experience of Tusla and the care system.

Fórsa’s dispute over Tusla’s attempt to outsource services at the Rathmines women’s refuge has been referred to the Labour Court.

Poverty among working lone parents has more than doubled in five years, according to a new study by the Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP).

Disability rights minister Finian McGrath will help launch Fórsa’s new Disability Rights Network in the union’s office at Nerney’s Court, Dublin on Saturday 6th April.

Further ‘Raise the Roof’ rallies were held in Dublin and Cork earlier this month after the initial event last October saw thousands gather outside Leinster House in protest of the housing and homelessness crisis.