Press releases

Over 629 patients, including 24 children are being treated on trolleys, chairs and in other inappropriate bed spaces in Irish hospitals today...

Members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation working in the public service have voted overwhelmingly (95.6%) in favour of industrial action following a six-week, in-person ballot.

Nurses in CareDoc and SouthDoc services have voted overwhelmingly to undertake industrial action over the failure of their employers to address a claim for parity of pay with public service employees undertaking identical roles...

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has called on political parties to put forward solutions that will lead to a permanent reduction in the number of patients being treated on trolleys, chairs and in other inappropriate bed spaces in Irish hospitals.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has called on the HSE to outline how it plans to ensure that emergency care will be prioritised in Cork during the Status Yellow weather warning for the county. 

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has called for special measures to be taken, including the cancellation of all non-urgent elective care in University Hospital Limerick in light of weather warnings in the Midwest region.