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Ní Sheaghdha says roles of nurses and midwives have developed substantially and this needed to be recognised

INMO’s Phil Ní Sheaghdha warned of ‘overcrowded environment’ and impractical policies in case of symptoms

The INMO has called on the HSE to take steps to prevent chaos in Irish hospitals over the weekend

INMO tells Government recruitment and retention crisis will only worsen with nurses priced out of housing around hospitals

Rise in virus cases coincides with increased number of patients on trolleys

Organisers hope festival honouring author of the The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists will become annual event providing platform for political debate

Hospital overcrowding probably worse now than during 2006 ‘emergency’, conference hears

‘We are still dealing with a highly transmissible virus’, says HSE’s Paul Reid

Public health officials planning to ‘reboot’ messaging around coronavirus protection

Real number waiting for admission could be twice as high as HSE’s official count, TDs hear

Increase comes as 3,780 new PCR-confirmed cases of COVID-19 are confirmed

Independent body advises reimplementation of pre-Haddington Road Agreement levels

Public urged to consider ‘alternative pathways’ in medical emergencies

‘You’re constantly wrecked, the days you have off you spend sleeping,’ says one

Niac meets in Dublin to discuss vaccine booster campaign for healthcare workers

De Gascun says Government could offer third shots to protect hospital system

Health service ‘rapidly swinging from a Covid crisis back into an overcrowding crisis’

Ictu claims €150m accord fund sufficient to undo measures introduced in 2013

Taoiseach’s address to INMO forum signals effort ongoing as how best this could be done

New public service deal, providing 2% pay rise over two years, is overwhelmingly ratified

Department of Health rules out meeting additional costs of childcare for health staff

Nphet reports 77 more deaths as Martin warns of restrictions for six more months

Ireland facing Covid-19 restrictions for first six months of 2021 and vaccine delay for over-70s

INMO again urges reintroduction of paid contracts for those on clinical placement

Training for first, second, third-year students being suspended ‘just for a few weeks’

INMO rejects Government review of student nurses pay as too little too late

Union says deatils of final proposals will determine response to Government initiative

INMO says there has been spike in numbers of patients on trolleys in recent days

Agreement, if ratified, would see pay increase for public servants in each of next two years

President praises those providing essential services and utilities during pandemic

HSE report shows almost 1,700 workers were absent when second lockdown introduced

There will be no public service ‘peace clause’ if current deal not replaced, says Fórsa

Fifty nurses contracting Covid-19 per week, Oireachtas committee is told

INMO says students on placement working for no pay in Covid environment

INMO conference seeks major boost to personnel numbers

Medical and nursing bodies argue staffing will be criticial to implement new measures

INMO says its continued cooperation over winter ‘should not be taken for granted’

Siobhán Murphy says she was off work for 12 weeks and physically crippled with fatigue

Anxiety, ‘brain fog’, dizziness and recurring fever reported in survey of staff by INMO

Claim was made by the head of the Irish nurses’ representative body on Tuesday