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# inmo - Wednesday 30 January, 2019
'Everybody should be following the example set by nurses': Here's how to help nurses on the picket today
All the ways you can support nurses, from a simple beep of your horn to bringing them lunch.
Three-quarters of Irish people support nurses as 24-hour strike kicks off around the country
The nurses have gone on strike over what they call a recruitment and retention issue in the healthcare sector.
Factcheck: Are Irish nurses among the highest paid in the world?
Nurses and midwives across the country will be on strike from 8am this morning.
# inmo - Tuesday 29 January, 2019
'In one day I might care for a very ill woman and help resuscitate a baby - and there's no respect'
Midwives didn’t pick the job for the money, but they want their skills to get the same recognition as other healthcare professionals, Maeve Gaynor writes.
'You ought to intervene directly': Opposition calls on Varadkar to step in to avert nurses strike
The 24-hour stoppage looks likely to go ahead after Labour Court talks ended without agreement last night.
# inmo - Friday 25 January, 2019
'The largest strike in the health service’s history looms': Talks to avoid nurses strike have collapsed
This would be the second time in the INMO’s hundred-year history that nurses or midwives go on strike.
# inmo - Thursday 17 January, 2019
Donohoe thanks nurses for 'immense contribution' but says paying them more could lead to others seeking rises
Nurses are set to go on strike this month and next in a dispute over pay and conditions.
# inmo - Saturday 12 January, 2019
Nurses and midwives are striking this month. Here's how much they get paid
The 24-hour strike on 30 January was announced earlier this week.
# inmo - Wednesday 9 January, 2019
'Now I can see that there will be nobody nursing me unless we start paying a salary for the job we do'
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation have announced a 24-hour strike for 30 January.
# inmo - Tuesday 8 January, 2019
Nurses and midwives are to go on strike for 24 hours on Wednesday 30 January
Further strike days will follow in February if the dispute goes unresolved, the INMO says.
'We've been brought to this': Nurses and midwives to announce strike action dates
“The last thing the health service needs is a strike,” Health Minister Simon Harris said yesterday.
# inmo - Wednesday 2 January, 2019
Worst year on record: Almost 110,000 patients went without hospital beds last year
The INMO says its a 9% increase on 2017 – itself a record high – and nearly double the number in 2006 when records began.
# inmo - Wednesday 19 December, 2018
Poll: Do you support nurses and midwives in their vote for all-out strike action?
The INMO is set to announce dates for the 24-hour stoppages in the new year.
# inmo - Tuesday 18 December, 2018
95% of nurses and midwives vote in favour of all-out strike action
The INMO said today that 95% of of its members had voted in favour of strike action.
# inmo - Sunday 2 December, 2018
Worst November on record for hospital overcrowding as 9,679 wait on trolleys
The INMO has attributed to problem to understaffing and low pay levels.
# inmo - Monday 26 November, 2018
Hospital consultants threaten industrial action next year over unequal pay
Some consultants earn up to €55,000 a year less than some of their colleagues.
# inmo - Friday 16 November, 2018
Opinion: 'An enormous burden falls on the shoulders of our nurses in Ireland'
Our healthcare system in Ireland needs our nurses more than ever but measuring their performance has not been a priority, says former INMO General Secretary Liam Doran.
# inmo - Tuesday 6 November, 2018
Nurses and midwives to vote on all-out strike action
If the ballot is passed, they will start with a 24-hour work stoppage and escalate their action the following week.
# inmo - Saturday 27 October, 2018
Agency nurses 'paid over €10,000 more a year than public staff'
The INMO said “the public sector simply isn’t offering the going rate for the job”.
# inmo - Monday 1 October, 2018
'A national crisis': Almost 8,000 people forced to wait on hospital trolleys and chairs last month
Some 68 children were among those waiting without a bed, according to the INMO.
# inmo - Friday 31 August, 2018
'Worst August on record' for hospital overcrowding with almost 8,000 on trolleys
The HSE has said it regrets any delays experienced by patients.
# inmo - Tuesday 5 June, 2018
There were a record 9,091 patients waiting on trolleys in Ireland's hospitals last month
The 9,091 figure represents a 12% jump from May 2017, and a massive 116% jump from the situation in 2006.
# inmo - Sunday 6 May, 2018
'There's a relentless focus on us in the media': Why it's so hard to retain midwives
At a recent conference, representatives from the maternity sector spoke about how negative media coverage affects morale.
# inmo - Thursday 29 March, 2018
'Record-breaking month': Over 10,000 patients were on trolleys during March
Today there were 485 patients on trolleys with 338 in emergency departments and a further 147 on wards.
# inmo - Tuesday 13 March, 2018
'It would not feel right': Simon Harris cancels St Patrick's Day trip away
Yesterday, the INMO said that there were 714 people on trolleys in hospitals across the country.
# inmo - Monday 12 March, 2018
'It's absolutely deplorable': Record-breaking 714 people on trolleys in Irish hospitals this morning
University Hospital Limerick saw the highest figures today, with 80 patients awaiting a bed.
# inmo - Tuesday 16 January, 2018
'It should be nipped in the bud': UK hospitals 'aggressively recruiting' Irish nurses
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation said that the issue is a serious one for hospitals.
# inmo - Monday 15 January, 2018
'It's a wake-up call': 73 children on trolleys in emergency depts so far this year
The Irish Nurses and Midwives’ Association has just launched a new trolley watch system – where it counts how many children are on trolleys in EDs.
# inmo - Wednesday 10 January, 2018
Varadkar doesn't want anyone to face 'indignity' caused by waiting on a trolley
The Taoiseach said he was speaking as both a doctor and a grandson whose grandmother is “regularly in and out of hospital”.
# inmo - Tuesday 9 January, 2018
Poll: Should it be mandatory for health professionals to get the flu jab?
Just one in three nurses have received the vaccination.
Just one third of hospital nurses have had the flu jab despite raffles and free coffee incentives
The HSE ran a campaign over the last few months to encourage healthcare workers to get the vaccine.
# inmo - Friday 5 January, 2018
More than 2,400 people on trolleys in first week of 2018
Nursing representatives met with HSE officials earlier today to see how hospital overcrowding can be reduced.
# inmo - Tuesday 2 January, 2018
'No effort being spared' says Health Minister after trolley numbers reach record high
A record high of 656 people were waiting on trolleys as 2018 began, according to the INMO.
# inmo - Thursday 9 November, 2017
'Detrimental and harmful': There were over 80,000 people on hospital trolleys so far this year
The INMO said the overcrowding situation is having a “serious, detrimental and harmful effect” on patients.
# inmo - Tuesday 29 August, 2017
Union recommends nurses back public service pay deal to roll back recession measures
The recommendation comes after the union received clarifications from the Department of Public Expenditure.
# inmo - Tuesday 18 July, 2017
'It has left the hospital decimated': INMO warns of severe nursing shortage at Cork hospital
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has claimed the safe care and dignity of residents is now at risk.
# inmo - Monday 3 July, 2017
Calls for patients to give feedback on their experience in Irish hospitals
Overcrowding in Irish hospitals increased in the first three months of 2017.
There were over 50,000 people on hospital trolleys in the first six months of 2017
The INMO said that this was further evidence that our health service “simply cannot cope with the demands”.
# inmo - Friday 5 May, 2017
Simon Harris commits to giving graduating Irish student nurses full-time contracts
Staffing and retention are two key issues that nearly led to industrial action in the nursing sector earlier this year.
# inmo - Wednesday 3 May, 2017
These are the most overcrowded hospitals in the country
There’s been an improvement in Dublin, but things are getting worse in other counties.
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Poll: Would you ever go on a 'virtual date'?
LOVE IN THE time of coronavirus presents unique challenges.
As TheJournal.ie reported yesterday, social distancing guidelines means that conventional dates aren’t really feasible right now.
But that doesn’t mean people can’t still connect in other ways. Apps like Tinder and Bumble remain available and we have the technology available to have a date – of sorts – with someone over a video call.
Dating coach Frances Kelleher said she thinks this period could be “fantastic” for people looking to form deeper connections.
“You have to adapt and adjust to this situation – instead of asking people out for a coffee, ask them for a virtual coffee instead through Skype or WhatsApp or whatever,” she added.
So, what do you think? Would you ever go on a “virtual date”?
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