Discussions aimed at extending the new civil service mobility scheme to Dublin are underway, with the target of having it introduced in the capital by the end of June.

Civil service clerical officers who win promotion to a higher grade are being urged to change their union subscription deduction details too.

Irish workplaces need to become more accommodating for the increasing number of workers aged over 65, according to a new study.

Fórsa has called on the Government to protect the incomes of public servants who reached the compulsory retirement age of 65 before the end of last year, but then stayed in work on a 12-month temporary arrangement because the state pension age had been changed from 65 to 66.

Fórsa representatives were amongst those in attendance at the Raise the Roof housing conference in Dublin last Wednesday (30th January). The event focused on Ireland’s ever-increasing rate of homelessness, particularly the number of families and children currently without a home.