Young Béibhinn Lambert did an excellent job supervising Dessie Robinson's participation at the #StandWithUkraine rally last week.
The Indo reports today that the HSE has rolled back on plans to offer frontline health workers a minimum Covid recognition bonus of €200: "The lowest payment would now be €600 and the full €1,000 bonus would be paid to most workers under revised draft plans following talks last Friday."
Protests took place at Dublin Port and a number of UK ports on Saturday morning over the sacking of hundreds of seafarers, as calls grew for a P&O Ferries’ boss to quit. Fórsa was there. The INMO has said that due to soaring Covid-19 cases, the health service is no longer a safe environment for healthcare workers or vulnerable patients.
Elsewhere, the Sindo reported that the Dáil Ceann Comhairle has been urged to intervene in the ongoing dispute over a pay claim by Leinster House staff who are paid less than the living wage, while Fine Gael has welcomed the creation of a working group of the Civil Service Employee Assistance Service (CSEAS) to examine how to improve support for civil service employees going through menopause.