News | Latest Breaking News Stories & Headlines

Nurses striking outside Vista Primary Care in Naas

Nurses' strike causes 'significant disruption' - HSE

The Health Service Executive has said that the second 24-hour strike by nurses has caused significant disruption to services.

Health • 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

INMO General Secretary Phil Ní Sheaghdha said nurses would be adding strike dates on 19 and 21 February

INMO announces further strike days, more services hit

The INMO has announced two additional dates for the nurses and midwives strike, with an increase in the number of services on strike rising to 240.

Health • 02 Feb 19

The PNA Officer Board will meet on Monday to review the duration of their industrial action

Disruption to mental health services during PNA action

Mental health services continue to face disruption around the country as the Psychiatric Nurses Association continues its overtime ban.

Health • 01 Feb 19

The PNA action starts with overtime bans on five days followed by three full strike days

PNA action 'disrupts' nine mental health service sites

The Health Service Executive has confirmed that mental health services have been disrupted due to today's overtime ban by the Psychiatric Nurses Association in its dispute over pay and staff shortages.

Health • 31 Jan 19

Nurses on the picket line at Naas General Hospital

Govt must ensure public don't face more delays - INMO

The Government must make sure that citizens do not face further delays and cancellations in hospitals due to planned strike actions by nurses, the General Secretary of the INMO has said.

Ireland • 30 Jan 19

More than 35,000 nurses are expected to strike tomorrow

Nurses' strike to go ahead after Labour Court talks end

The nurses' strike is to go ahead after the Labour Court decided not to make a formal intervention in the dispute over pay and staff shortages.

Ireland • 29 Jan 19

Warning of further strikes by PNA ambulance personnel

The Psychiatric Nurses Association has warned that it may stage more ambulance strikes if the HSE does not engage on its right to represent members.

Ireland • 22 Jan 19

Members only operate services for "life-threatening or potentially life-threatening" calls

Contingency plans in place for ambulance staff strike

The National Ambulance Service, operated by the HSE, has said detailed contingency plans have been put in place for tomorrow's strike of around 500 ambulance personnel belonging to the Psychiatric Nurses Association.

Health • 21 Jan 19

Nursing unions insist that inadequate pay is causing a recruitment and retention crisis

Govt: Proposals for nurses pay parity not on the table

The Government has dismissed suggestions by the Psychiatric Nurses Association that health service management is preparing to bring forward proposals for pay parity between nurses and other graduate health professionals.

Health • 15 Jan 19

The INMO has scheduled six 24-hour strikes by its 37,000 members

Bid to avert nurses' strikes, hospital cancellations

Nursing unions will meet the HSE and the Department of Health tomorrow in a bid to avert a series of strikes over pay and staff shortages.

Health • 14 Jan 19

Peter Hughes said psychiatric nurses would do their utmost to ensure their industrial action would not impact patients

Recruitment issue escalating on monthly basis, PNA says

General Secretary of the Psychiatric Nurses Association Peter Hughes has said the issue of recruitment and retention in psychiatric nursing is escalating on a monthly basis.

Ireland • 11 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

The dispute centres on the HSE's refusal to recognise the PNA as the ambulance personnel's union

Strike by ambulance personnel deferred until January

A one-day strike by up to 500 ambulance personnel which was scheduled for next Wednesday has been deferred until 22 January.

Ireland • 13 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

The PNA executive is recommending that members vote in favour of industrial action

PNA to ballot for industrial action over pay

The Psychiatric Nurses Association is to ballot its member for industrial action, up to and including a strike, over health service management's rejection of its pay demands.

Health • 15 Nov 18

Simon Harris was speaking at the Oireachtas Health Committee

Harris rules out pay increase for nurses, midwives

Minister for Health Simon Harris has ruled out a general pay increase for nurses and midwives, despite acknowledging that recruitment and retention problems in the health service are very challenging.

Health • 14 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

The Psychiatric Nurses Association has called on Minister Harris to intervene

Ambulance service says service not affected by action

The National Ambulance Service has said there has been no interruption of services after an overtime ban by around 500 staff commenced last Wednesday.

News • 09 Nov 18

The HSE failed to either confirm or deny the INMO figures

Public nurses paid 20% less than agency workers - INMO

Nurses in the public sector are being paid 20% less than agency workers doing the same work - resulting in staff shortages in the public health service, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.

Health • 27 Oct 18

Ambulance crew with the PNA are to step up their action in union subscriptions row

PNA ambulance crews to escalate industrial action

Around 500 ambulance personnel belonging to the Psychiatric Nurses Association are to escalate their industrial action with an overtime ban next month in a dispute over union subscriptions.

Ireland • 17 Oct 18

The INMO and the Psychiatric Nurses Association will ballot members on the pay proposals

Nurses' unions reject Government pay proposals

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation and the Psychiatric Nurses Association have recommended that members should reject Government pay proposals aimed at addressing staff shortages in the health service.

Ireland • 26 Sep 18

The PNA Ambulance personnel are in dispute over union subscriptions

PNA Ambulance crews to work-to-rule in October

Ambulance personnel belonging to the Psychiatric Nurses Association are to commence a work-to-rule on 10 October in a dispute over union subscriptions.

News • 19 Sep 18

Ambulance crews belonging to the PNA voted overwhelmingly to back industrial action

Ambulance crews back industrial action in HSE dispute

Ambulance personnel belonging to the Psychiatric Nurses Association have voted overwhelmingly to back industrial action in a dispute over negotiating rights and deduction of union subscriptions.

Health • 05 Sep 18

The PNA said the action would affect services at University Hospital Waterford and residential units at Grangemore, St Aidan's and Ard na Deise

Psychiatric nurses in action at Waterford facilities

An Industrial Relations Officer with the Psychiatric Nurses Association says that action being taken by nurses in Waterford today will ensure that patients get the one-to-one attention they deserve.

Psychiatric Nurses Association • 20 Feb 18