As the parties prepare to resume talks on the Sláintecare contract this week, the IHCA says its members are looking for ‘flexibility’

Despite two years of lauding and applauding our health service and endless political platitudes about the debt we owe our health service staff, relations between doctors and the government could hardly be worse

‘Revised’ proposal to be presented to medics is based on same salary for public-only contracts as last year

Representative groups say a retired judge should chair talks on the deal, which doesn’t allow public service doctors to take on private work