The number of patients waiting for beds at Cork University Hospital this morning (Tuesday) was the highest since the start of the pandemic, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO). 

Trade unions representing health workers have asked Micheál Martin to help resolve the row over recognition for health workers’ efforts and commitment during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Staff at Mayo University Hospital are under alarming pressure due to unsafe staff-to-patient ratios, the INMO has warned today.

Pressure is mounting in Sligo University Hospital and Letterkenny University Hospital due to additional workloads and unfilled nursing and midwifery shifts, the INMO warns today.

381 admitted patients were without beds this morning in Ireland’s hospitals – the highest figure since the start of the pandemic in March 2020.

We are seeing an extremely positive take-up of the COVID vaccines across Ireland.