RENEWAL OF ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP 2020/21

The annual RMA membership subscription of €25 became due on Sept 1st, 2020. For further details on how to proceed ......please click here.

If you pay the €25 annual membership fee by deduction at source or by bank standing order your membership is renewed automatically and you have to do nothing. 

For the attention of all RMATUI Branches and Members

The deferred Spring Break to the Rose Hotel Tralee has now been cancelled. The decision to cancel was made because of the ongoing risk to or lives and health from Covid – 19, and the uncertainty about the availability of a vaccine to the general public. The Hotel will be in touch with anyone who has not already claimed their deposit, to make arrangements for its return or the option to use it for an independent break on the original dates (March 24, 25,26, 2020) or at another time. The Management Committee deeply regrets having to make this decision but hopes to resume normal activity as soon as the removal of restrictions, and the availability of a vaccine allow.

It has also been decided that our next AGM will be in the Ardilaun Hotel, Galway on May 12th 2021 (provisional).  

Martin Hoye: RMATUI Chairperson

Anyone changing their email address from eircom, please forward the new email address to your local branch secretary

and       

Michael McNulty, Membership Officer(macballinree@hotmail.com).

Eir to charge users of @eircom.net email service €5.99 per month from 1st of July.

According to Eir they are doing this ‘in order to provide users with a better service’. If you decide not to pay, Eir will hold your emails and email address for a further 60 days – to end of August. After that you will not be able to access your email because Eir will then permanently delete all your emails, contacts and your email address.

If you are opting not to pay then you need to set up a new email address. The best option is Gmail or Microsoft....... for advice on how to do this click to find out more.

Coronavirus(COVID-19)

To get advice and keep you and yours safe 

Click here

"My daughter, mother to two wonderful grandchildren, is a critical care nurse and will shortly be working everyday with Covid-19 patients. I’m out of my mind with worry and pray that she will get through this and come back to us safely" – RMA member.

I’m sure there are many RMA colleagues out there who find themselves in the same position. That nurse and many other healthcare workers, our civil service colleagues, will be putting their lives at risk in this fight and we need everyone to do their part in helping them defeat this insidious virus. We are living in catastrophic times.

You, the adults in the family, can help by being proactive:

1.    Strictly adhering to the HSE & Dept. of Health Guidelines

2.    Ensure your family, extended family and friends strictly adhere to HSE & Dept of Health Guidelines

3.    Show disapproval when others are ignoring the guidelines

4.    Stop panic shopping, hoarding food and  leaving shelves empty for front-line staff

Message from the Teachers’ Union of Ireland.

To All RMA Members 

Reminder- Members in need of assistance arising from the Covid-19 pandemic

If any member becomes aware of a colleague who could do with help in getting messages/medicines/ food etc during this period, Head Office have organised a network of helpers who might be of assistance.

Contact should be made directly with TUI regarding this – tui@tui.ie or 01 4922588.