Union negotiators have urged all public service unions to join a coordinated campaign, supported by industrial action ballots, for improved pay.

An independent report, commissioned following serious claims over the purchase of a number of homes in Buncran, has found no evidence of wrongdoing on the part of anyone within Donegal county council.

"Local government is essentially the greatest interrelationship between the State and its people. The latest offering on the revitalisation of the sector from Government is disappointing. It is an opportunity lost to reimagine local democracy and local service provision."

A cross-party motion calling for a change of direction on public housing was brought in front of the Dáil last week. 

Revised legislation to implement the Government’s promise to give all workers a right to request remote working won’t be published until the autumn at the earliest.

Inflation is likely to average close to 8% over the whole of 2023 before falling gradually to around 4% by the middle of next year. That’s the latest view from the trade union-backed Nevin Economic Research Institute (NERI).