There is something very wrong with a country that hands over billions to gamblers who lost, but can’t find millions to help the citizens paying the gamblers?

By the way, how many hospital beds could you get for 300 iPads?

Best of luck to them! The service they provide against the backdrop of cuts and under the thumb of the complete joke that is the HSE is quite incredible! If they march in Cork, I’d consider joining them if its allowed?

Haven’t a clue how much nurses and midwives get paid but whatever it is, it isn’t enough. Completely blown away by the work they do on the 2 occasions my missus gave birth. Takes very special people to do the work they do. They are real heros who deserve complete respect and this should be reflected in their pay package.

top folks doing a top job. none of us b here without them. support the pillars of our society, they have supported us.

Is it part of the anti-austerity march or is it a separate march?

All protests should combine together to make greater impact and let the government know we are getting together on this austerity programme that is being forced on us

Hopefully we as a country are starting to wake up and get out on the streets..we need to teach the politicians they’ve handed out enough of our country’s money to gamblers and in return happily cut our vital services. Well, well done to the nurses and mid wives…anything happening in Cork and I’m in.

It is a disgrace when anyone feels that industrial action is the only option BUT with this Government the Country is going nowhere Folk are Nootka sure of their future. 8,000 staff reduction. The Front line staff are under severe pressure and are the people who see the hardship, long waiting lists, lack of beds etc etc that the moratorium on recruiting staff is putting our lives at risk. Our nurses went into Nursing to help people they have always worked hard and long shifts.They are not afraid of the hours (unsociable hours or weekends or even bank holidays and Christmas) they are not afraid of the work.They are renowned world wide So I for 1 is supporting their action.

595, 000 adults and children identified as having some level of disability in Census 2011. Disability Rights Coalition have organised a mass demonstration this Wednesday at 2pm Central Bank, marching to Leinster House highlighting the broken promises in the Programme for Government for people with disabilities. Personal Assistants have still been cut forcing otherwise social and active people with disabilities to stay in their homes. Still waiting on capacity legislation to replace the Lunacy Act and ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Existing legislation such as the Disability Act 2005 & EPSEN Act 2004 for special education have never been fully enacted several years later. Disability Services are being decimated by cuts. Respite Services have been closed in some areas and reduced from a few nights/days a month to a few days/nights a year, putting severe pressure on carers. Therapy services are non existent for many adults with disabilities and children’s potential withers away on three year waiting lists for speech & language therapy. It can take over a year to get a new wheelchair or walking aid even if the child has outgrown the old one.People who qualify for medical cards based on high medical needs are not getting them again on review.There is no provisions for a pediatric homecare budget to look after terminally ill children & babies with life-limiting conditions to be cared for at home.Support http://www.disabilityrightscoalition.com Join US

Nurses need an all out strike.

Anyone who is able bodied and doesn’t like the way our country is heading should attend Saturday’s March, anyone can join in.

No matter what effect it will have or not have. One thing we do know is that the bigger the crowd, the bigger the effect.

If there is a poor turnout it will send the signal that we are ripe for more pain. If you can try to make it.

This is one of the few chances we have to send a strong message, lets not waste it.

In Cork i’l gotoo

Good on them. Lets hope the decent hard working citizens of this country will continue to show this rotten lying sham of a government just what “the Gathering” will come to be all about.

Alcohol causes 2,000 hospital beds a night in Ireland to be used – I can only assume this is costing the health service hundreds of thousand euros every night – not to mention the poor staff that have to deal with it. Addressing these costs through education would be far more useful than cutting services to vulnerable members of our society