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The INMO is to begin a work-to-rule next month over staffing issues

INMO proposals for staffing would cost €180m

Proposals from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation to resolve staff shortages would have cost an extra €180m in a full year if implemented, according to confidential figures drawn up during recent negotiations.

Health • 10 Feb 17

A work-to-rule will commence from Tuesday 7 March, with the prospect of rolling strikes from the following week

Nurses to take industrial action in March

The health service faces serious industrial disruption next month after the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation voted to commence a work-to-rule from Tuesday 7 March, with the prospect of rolling strikes from the following week.

inmo • 09 Feb 17

One of the proposals put forward by the unions is a funded workforce plan that would increase permanent whole-time posts this year

No agreement as nurse unions, HSE talks adjourn

Talks involving nursing unions and Health Service Executive management to try to resolve their dispute over staffing, recruitment and retention have adjourned this evening without agreement.

News • 06 Feb 17

The INMO will meet the Public Service Pay Commission on Tuesday

Nurses and HSE in talks over staffing levels

Nurses and Health Service Executive management met today in a bid to resolve the ongoing dispute over staffing, recruitment and retention.

News • 05 Feb 17

Liam Doran said the INMO council is likely to sanction strike action when it next meets on Monday

INMO warns of strike after no progress at talks

Talks at the Workplace Relations Commission between health service unions and management on the crisis in recruiting and retaining nurses adjourned last evening.

News • 25 Jan 17

Simon Harris was speaking at a three-day recruitment drive in Dublin

No 'magic wand' to recruit more nurses - Harris

The Minister for Health has said he has no "magic wand" to recruit more nurses into the health service.

nurses • 29 Dec 16

The industrial action would also include a work-to-rule

INMO nurses vote in favour of industrial action

90% of nurses belonging to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation have voted to take industrial action, including one-day stoppages, in a dispute over staff shortages, recruitment and retention and working conditions.

inmo • 15 Dec 16

The union will consult with its members in the coming weeks

INMO to ballot on action if 'demands not met'

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation said it will ballot its members for industrial action if its demands for increased staffing levels are not met.

News • 06 Oct 16

Nursing unions hold protest over pay increments

Nursing unions held a protest outside the Dáil today over payments that nurses and midwives who graduated between 2011 and 2015 did not receive.

News • 27 Sep 16

The hospital's emergency department will remain open over the course of the industrial action

Nurses begin work-to-rule at Drogheda hospital

A work-to-rule by members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives' Organisation is taking place at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda over staff shortages.

News • 24 May 16

The agreement provides for the filling of 144 staff nurse jobs

HSE says vacant ED nursing posts will be filled

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has said it has received confirmation from the Health Service Executive that all vacant nursing posts in emergency departments will be filled.

News • 23 May 16

Delegates at the INMO conference in Killarney, Co Kerry

INMO says acute hospitals short '80-100 nurses'

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has said that most acute hospitals are short between 80-100 nurses.

News • 04 May 16

One of the top five children's hospitals in the world is recruiting

Irish and international hospitals recruit at RDS

Hundreds of Irish nurses and other healthcare professionals attended a health sector jobs fair at the RDS in Dublin today.

News • 23 Apr 16

Varadkar said resolving the health service situation was not as simple as just allocating more resources

Varadkar 'does not blame hospital staff'

Minister for Health Leo Varadkar said he has never blamed individual staff for problems in the health service but that resolving the situation was not as simple as bringing in more staff and more beds.

Election 2016 • 08 Feb 16

The pilot project will allocate staff based on patient need and not ward size

New pilot project to improve nursing levels

A pilot project will be introduced at a number of hospitals to allocate nurses according to the needs of particular patients rather than the size of the ward.

News • 01 Feb 16

INMO General Secretary Liam Doran said the union will now proceed with further industrial action on 14 and 26 January

INMO nurses to proceed with industrial action

Hospital emergency departments face industrial action this month after nurses belonging to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation rejected settlement proposals aimed at addressing overcrowding and staff shortages.

News • 05 Jan 16

Emergency nurses would get two additional days of annual leave in 2016 and 2017 in lieu of missed meal breaks under the deal

INMO to ballot on proposals after strike averted

A deal between the HSE and the INMO, which has averted planned strike action, involves cash bursaries to attract nurses, promotions, extra annual leave and a review to establish appropriate staffing in emergency departments.

News • 15 Dec 15

Hundreds of non-emergency procedures had already been cancelled for tomorrow

Nurses strike averted after late night talks

The nurses strike scheduled for seven hospital emergency departments tomorrow has been called off pending INMO members balloting on a new set of proposals, the union said after talks at the Workplace Relations Commission.

Ireland • 14 Dec 15

The INMO has described the talks as a constructive engagement

INMO begins talks with HSE over threatened strike

Talks have commenced at the Workplace Relations Commission aimed at settling the threatened strike action across the country's Emergency Departments on 15 December.

News • 03 Dec 15

Age Action says it is concerned about the planned strike

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Ireland • 25 Nov 15

Liam Doran (right) at an INMO press conference today

Varadkar 'disappointed' with nurse strike plans

Minister for Health Leo Varadkar has expressed his disappointment at the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation ballot that will see nurses engage in industrial action nationwide.

News • 24 Nov 15

HSE has recruited around 500 more nurses since the start of the year

Nurse recruitment problems at 'crisis point'

Difficulties in recruiting and retaining nurses are at crisis levels with over 1,500 vacancies, a conference has heard.

News • 16 Sep 15

Nurses were concerned over the impact of staff shortages

Planned industrial action at St Ita's suspended

Planned industrial action at St Ita's Hospital in north Dublin has been suspended.

News • 18 Aug 15

All returning nurses will have their flights and a year's nursing registration paid

HSE campaign to attract nurses back to Ireland

Nurses and midwives working in the UK and further afield will be encouraged to return to work in Ireland as part of a recruitment campaign by the Health Service Executive.

News • 23 Jul 15

3,492 nurses and midwives were removed from the register last week, many due to retirement or emigration

1,000 nurses off NMBI register for fee non-payment

Nurses and midwives who were removed from the NMBI register for non-payment of their annual €100 registration fee will have to restore their names before they can legally work in any hospital in Ireland.

News • 02 Jun 15