The union's health and welfare biennial conference took place yesterday, and received some coverage. The Times covered Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly’s address to conference, and Catherine Keogh’s address highlighting the failure to create a more sustainable funding model for the community and voluntary sector was also picked up by The Times.
Elsewhere, Fórsa called on the HSE to fast-track plans to recruit 7,000 community-based health staff over the next three years, and the division’s outgoing caothairleach Don Gibney said the pandemic had brought out the best in our society.
Fórsa national secretary Ashley Connolly has warned the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications Networks that that airlines operating in Ireland have the flexibility to move aircraft to more open markets to meet demand, and that Ireland risks being left behind, putting thousands of jobs at risk, if the Government fails to provide leadership, clarity and certainty for the aviation sector. The Times also covered this. Read that here.
The Times reports that Covid welfare and business supports will not be scaled back until the autumn at the earliest, suggesting that the expenditure on the schemes could continue until the end of the year.
The HSE has said it expects that health service staff who are scheduled to be paid this week will receive their wages in their bank accounts on Thursday.
The Indo covers both Fórsa and the AHCPS’ call to limit Dáil and Seanad sitting hours until all staff working in Leinster House have been offered a Covid-19 vaccine.
And now for some zen. The cast of the much-loved ’90s sitcom Friends have reunited for a special episode which is available to watch from today.
‘The One Where They Get Back Together’ is airing 17 years after the show’s finale drew more than 50 million viewers. Here’s a taster of what’s in store.
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