# Nurses

All time

# Your Say

Poll: Do you support the nurses' strike?

The strike is due to go ahead on Wednesday.

63.3k

152

Jan 27th 2019, 3:00 PM

# Industrial Action

Nurses' strike: HSE releases info on which health services will and will not operate on the day

The action will begin at 8am on Wednesday and finish at 8am on Thursday.

28.3k

121

Jan 27th 2019, 11:30 AM

# Department of Health

'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.

27.0k

132

Jan 25th 2019, 7:40 PM

# Strike

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.

23.1k

105

Jan 17th 2019, 8:08 AM

# Your Say

Poll: Do you support nurses and midwives going on strike?

They often have to work in very difficult circumstances.

65.5k

182

Jan 12th 2019, 9:45 AM

# INMO

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.

73.6k

114

Jan 12th 2019, 6:30 AM

# Industrial Action

Psychiatric nurses to strike in February over 'recruitment and retention crisis'

They join members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation who are also due to go on strike.

10.2k

Jan 10th 2019, 4:45 PM

# nurses strike

'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.

26.8k

Jan 9th 2019, 12:05 AM

# Strike

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.

56.1k

118

Jan 8th 2019, 3:52 PM

# INMO

'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.

23.4k

Jan 8th 2019, 6:01 AM

# doctors and nurses

'No one would choose to work on Christmas Day, but we're all in it together'

Doctors, nurses, midwives and others will be working across the country today and throughout the week.

21.5k

Dec 25th 2018, 10:30 AM

# Your Say

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.

56.6k

113

Dec 19th 2018, 8:34 AM

# Industrial Action

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.

17.7k

Dec 18th 2018, 12:04 PM

# at risk

Nurses are the victims in 70% of assaults in Irish hospitals

Figures from the HSE show how frequently nursing staff are assaulted.

10.1k

Dec 15th 2018, 7:13 PM

Voices

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.

18.1k

Nov 16th 2018, 7:00 AM

# peak demand

Varadkar doubles down on comments about medics not taking holidays over new year period

The Taoiseach said he didn’t understand why the comments were deemed controversial, as services must attempt to meet demand.

30.3k

133

Nov 7th 2018, 2:24 PM

# Strike

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.

15.1k

Nov 6th 2018, 3:15 PM

# equal pay for equal work

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”.

13.8k

Oct 27th 2018, 2:56 PM

# Healthcare

Ireland's pay rates are not pushing more nurses, midwives and doctors to work abroad - report

The report said that there were issues around recruiting consultants with certain specialities in specific areas.

26.7k

Sep 4th 2018, 6:08 PM

# hospital staff

HSE spends nearly €1m a day paying agency nurses and doctors

Every day, the HSE spends over €800,000 on agency staff.

12.5k

Jun 26th 2018, 6:14 PM

# Nurses

Where and when: Almost 10,000 assaults on HSE staff in past 10 years

Assaults on nursing staff made up the vast majority of these, accounting for 70% with 6,964 assaults.

11.7k

Jun 26th 2018, 12:05 AM

# trollied

'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.

7.1k

Mar 29th 2018, 10:08 PM

# INMO

'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.

19.4k

Jan 16th 2018, 6:00 AM

# Your Say

Poll: Should it be mandatory for health professionals to get the flu jab?

Just one in three nurses have received the vaccination.

33.0k

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Jan 9th 2018, 8:47 AM

# Vaccine

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.

13.4k

Jan 9th 2018, 6:15 AM

# patient safety

Majority of patients wait longer than six hours in an emergency department to be seen by a doctor

The results of the first ever National Patient Experience Survey show that long waiting times continue to be a problem in Irish hospitals.

12.8k

Dec 11th 2017, 2:37 PM

# nurses needed

Irish hospitals spending hundreds of thousands on overseas recruitment while US nurses turned away

If the Health Minister plans to keep his commitment on hiring new nurses, he has until the end of the year to hire 1,196 nurses.

36.0k

Oct 29th 2017, 12:05 AM

# public pay commission

Why aren't people taking up jobs as nurses, doctors and soldiers? The government plans to find out

The Public Pay Commission is to examine what are the main reasons for the recruitment and retention of staff in some sectors.

21.7k

123

Oct 22nd 2017, 9:30 AM

# Waterford

'Totally unacceptable': Two people spend night on chairs in mental health unit

The Psychiatric Nurses Association has said the situation is intolerable for patients and upsetting for staff.

16.0k

Oct 13th 2017, 8:35 AM

# crisis point

Doctors say health budget will do little to improve 'overcrowded death zone' hospitals

Paschal Donohoe said health spending is already at record levels but is being increased because the area “needs improvement”.

7.8k

Oct 10th 2017, 2:40 PM

# what you preach

Poll: Would you ask your doctor if they had gotten the flu vaccine?

Uptake of the vaccine among medical workers in Ireland is “appallingly low” according to Health Minister Simon Harris.

16.2k

Oct 3rd 2017, 9:16 AM

# OBSTACLES

'Ireland's nursing crisis could be eclipsed if US nurses weren't being denied access to work here'

US nurses who are being denied access to work here can’t find the adaptation courses they’re being told to take.

34.4k

Sep 3rd 2017, 12:05 AM

# Health

'I want nurses to go back to conventional nursing - that's what drives me every day'

As part of our weekly Startup Spotlight we profile CliniShift.

15.3k

Aug 8th 2017, 6:10 AM

# off a cliff

There's been a 96% drop in EU nurses going to work in the UK since Brexit

Last July, 1,304 nurses from the EU registered in the UK but only 46 registered this April.

13.2k

Jun 12th 2017, 1:58 PM

# Closure

Minister insists no child will lose mental health place after 'indefensible' closure of beds

Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin urged the government to intervene.

13.5k

May 23rd 2017, 9:25 PM

# sugar coat it

Following chocolate comments, HSE says 'incentives' have helped vaccination rate rise 50%

“Vaccine hesitancy is increasingly becoming a major issue,” a HSE spokesperson said.

9.8k

May 12th 2017, 7:04 PM

# chocolate and ipads

Chocolate could encourage nurses to get flu vaccine, committee hears

There was a discussion around what is causing a mistrust of vaccines, which have eradicated many diseases in Ireland.

18.0k

May 11th 2017, 12:07 PM

# record highs

These are the most overcrowded hospitals in the country

There’s been an improvement in Dublin, but things are getting worse in other counties.

30.9k

May 3rd 2017, 7:00 AM

# stable condition

Crisis averted? 1,200 nurses and midwives to be hired by end of year

Health Minister Simon Harris has said that the measures offer nurses and midwives “enhanced opportunities to advance their careers”.

17.6k

Apr 7th 2017, 10:59 PM

# deferral

Nurses have deferred industrial action planned for Tuesday

The INMO says it will ballot on WRC recommendations.

8.1k

Mar 4th 2017, 7:07 PM