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midwife

# midwife - Thursday 25 April, 2013

Column: For women giving birth in a war zone, I was more than just a midwife

Tens of thousands have died in the ongoing, bloody conflict in Syria to date – and those who remain live under constant threat of violence. Midwife Cathy Janssens writes about trying to bring new life into the world in such unstable circumstances.

# midwife - Monday 7 January, 2013

HSE

Graduate nurses should not accept ‘insulting salary’ – INMO

The general secretary of the INMO hopes that a graduate boycott of the jobs on offer at the reduced rate will ‘force the HSE back to the table’.

# midwife - Saturday 5 January, 2013

Pay

Nurses protest plan to pay graduates ’80 per cent salary’

Around 500 nurses held a rally to protest the plans by the HSE to hire new nurses on lower pay.

# midwife - Thursday 29 November, 2012

Nurse staffing levels “critical”, says INMO

The organisation said that nursing staffing levels in Ireland are at “critically low levels” compared to the UK.

# midwife - Tuesday 13 November, 2012

Australia seeks Irish mental health nurses and midwives

The New South Wales health board has launched a new recruitment drive for 70 Irish nurses.

# midwife - Monday 29 October, 2012

Column: 11 things nobody tells you about giving birth

Some things you can learn from books, writes mother of three Deborah McCarthy – but not these.

# midwife - Thursday 28 June, 2012

Column: I had a home birth – and all mums should have the same option

Why shouldn’t women have the choice of giving birth at home? The belief that all mothers need to be in hospital is an urban myth, writes Eva-Louise Goussot.