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The PNA is also due to hold three consecutive days of strike action on 12, 13 and 14 February in tandem with INMO

Warning of disruption as PNA escalates action

The Health Service Executive has warned that disruption in mental health services due to industrial action by psychiatric nurses is expected to significantly worsen from this evening.

Health • 06 Feb 19

Leo Varadkar was speaking in the Dáil today

'Discourteous' no contact made with nurses - Varadkar

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has acknowledged that direct contact should have been made with nursing unions last night regarding further talks at the WRC to resolve their dispute, rather than through a press release.

Health • 05 Feb 19

The first INMO strike last Wednesday saw 25,000 patients suffer cancellations

Nurses' dispute: Not just deadlocked, but escalating

Over 37,000 nurses and midwives belonging to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation are on strike for another 24 hours in their dispute over pay and staff shortages.

Analysis and Comment • 05 Feb 19

Child and adolescent mental health services will be exempted from the industrial action

Psychiatric nurses to escalate industrial action

The Psychiatric Nurses Association has confirmed that it will be escalating its industrial action from Wednesday.

Health • 04 Feb 19

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation will hold its second 24-hour strike tomorrow

Govt on 'tightrope' to find solution to nurses' strike

Minister for Health Simon Harris has said he wants to find a solution to the nurses' strike, but said the Government was on a tightrope as the solution must respect the Public Service Stability Agreeme

Health • 04 Feb 19

Leo Varadkar warned that position could change if the INMO strike action continues

No plans to withdraw nurse pay increments - Varadkar

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said the Government has no immediate plans to withdraw pay increments from striking nurses, however he warned that position could change if the INMO industrial action continues.

Health • 03 Feb 19

INMO members staged a 24-hour strike this week

HSE warns of cancellations ahead of second INMO strike

The HSE has warned that it expects all out-patient, in-patient and day surgery to be cancelled ahead of Tuesday's planned 24-hour strike by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.

Health • 01 Feb 19

Taoiseach made his comments during Leaders' Questions in the Dáil

Varadkar stands firm in face of nursing dispute

The Taoiseach has told the Dáil that money cannot be borrowed to fund pay increases for nurses.

Health • 30 Jan 19

Nurses belonging to the INMO and PNA are set to strike this month

Talks to take place at WRC on nurses pay dispute

Talks are due to take place at the Workplace Relations Commission tomorrow in a bid to avert planned strike action by nurses.

Health • 21 Jan 19

Worst-affected hospital is University Hospital Limerick with 44 patients

Over 480 patients waiting for admission to hospital bed

There were 486 patients waiting for admission to a hospital bed this morning, according to figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.

Health • 21 Jan 19

It is the highest number of patients on trolleys since March 2018, the INMO said

INMO trolley figures pass 600 for first time in 2019

There are more than 600 patients waiting for admission to a hospital bed, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.

Health • 14 Jan 19

95% of PNA members rejected Government proposals to address recruitment and retention issues

Psychiatric nurses announce series of strike dates

The Psychiatric Nurses Association has announced its 6,000 members will strike in February in an escalating campaign of industrial action in their dispute over pay and staff shortages.

Health • 11 Jan 19

Louise O'Reilly accused Simon Harris of being 'complicit in crisis'

Harris told to 'sit-up and take notice' of nurses

The Minister for Health has been warned that he needs to "sit-up and take notice" of nurses, ahead of a planned 24-hour strike at the end of the month.

Politics • 09 Jan 19

CUH is the worst affected by overcrowding - INMO

70 patients on trolleys at Cork University Hospital

There are 70 patients on trolleys at Cork University Hospital waiting for admission to a hospital bed, according to the latest figures from the INMO, with 565 on trolleys in hospital around the country.

Health • 09 Jan 19

Cork University Hospital had 61 patients on trolleys this morning

583 patients on trolleys waiting for hospital bed

There were 583 patients on trolleys in emergency departments or wards waiting for admission to a hospital bed this morning, according to figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.

Health • 08 Jan 19

INMO says overcrowding is a year-long problem and not just a winter one

INMO: Hospital overcrowding in November worst on record

Hospital overcrowding last month was the worst on record, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.

Health • 02 Dec 18

The INMO said the Government is seeking to portray the real cost of safe care as unattainable

INMO says Government is exaggerating cost of pay claim

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has accused the Government of exaggerating the cost of granting its 12% across-the-board pay claim.

Health • 20 Nov 18

Paschal Donohoe has said that any strike action would impact negatively on health services

Donohoe warns nursing unions over threatened strikes

The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform has warned nursing unions that their threatened strike action in pursuit of what he called an unsustainable pay rise, would compromise public pay and budgetary policy.

Health • 19 Nov 18

"A 12% increase across the board for Nurses equates to an additional circa €300m cost to the exchequer," the Department said

Dept: Nurse pay demands would cost €300m extra per year

Conceding the pay demands of nursing unions would cost the exchequer around €300 million extra per year, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform has confirmed.

Ireland • 12 Nov 18

INMO members rejected Government pay proposals

INMO to ballot for strike action over pay dispute

Patients in the health service face potential disruption to services by Christmas after the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation decided to ballot for strike action over pay and staff shortages.

Ireland • 06 Nov 18

Around 4,000 nurses represented by SIPTU accepted the PSPC pay proposals

INMO to decide on ballot for strike over pay proposals

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation is meeting to decide whether to ballot for strike action after members overwhelmingly rejected Government pay proposals aimed at addressing staff shortages in the health service.

Health • 05 Nov 18

The INMO says pay issues and staff shortages must be addressed urgently

INMO warns of industrial action over pay demands

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has warned of possible industrial action if adequate measures including pay increases to address staff shortages are not implemented.

News • 19 Sep 18

While Limerick figures are very high at 69, it experienced a record 80 patients waiting in March

High levels of overcrowding at Limerick hospital

University Hospital Limerick has the highest overcrowding levels in the country today with 69 patients waiting.

Health • 18 Sep 18

The HSE said it is spending around €1.4 million a week on agency nursing

Hospitals dependent on non-EU nurses, INMO claims

Irish hospitals are totally dependent on nurses from non-EU countries, according to the General Secretary of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.

Health • 10 Sep 18

Industrial action may include a full withdrawal of nurses from the two sites

Nurses at Tipperary units vote for industrial action

Nurses at two medical units in Tipperary have voted "overwhelmingly" in favour of industrial action over concerns with patient care and staffing levels.

Health • 06 Jun 18

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