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# Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation

This year
2023
# INMO
INMO to consult with members on industrial action
The INMO general secretary said ‘what has transpired this week in our hospitals was totally avoidable’.
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Jan 6th 2023, 7:39 PM
Last year
2022
# INMO
Nurses working in ‘horrendous’ conditions as 100,000 patients left on trolleys
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation warned that workers are ‘stretched to the limit, with staff shortages reported across the country.
23.8k
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Nov 8th 2022, 4:41 PM
# Overcrowding
INMO warns of 'real problem along western seaboard' with record-breaking overcrowding
There was record-breaking overcrowding in University Hospital Limerick in April.
18.2k
19
Apr 30th 2022, 6:11 PM
# INMO
Emergency measures needed to tackle hospital overcrowding, INMO says
HSE boss Paul Reid said today that people being reinfected with Covid-19 is not an unusual occurrence.
14.0k
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Mar 21st 2022, 9:58 PM
All time
# Intensive care
INMO calls for services at St Vincent's ICU to be 'curtailed until unit is adequately staffed'
Nurses have to use a baby monitor to watch certain patients due to staff shortages, The Journal reported earlier today.
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Oct 7th 2021, 4:55 PM
# University Hospital Limerick
'Something has to give': INMO asks Health Minister to intervene at overcrowded Limerick hospital
Members say that UHL had 52 patients on trolleys this morning, despite gaining more than 110 new beds since January.
15.8k
18
Jul 28th 2021, 5:27 PM
# Dáil Covid committee
Nurse who was hospitalised with Covid-19 criticises low staffing and says she was 'extremely burned out'
The INMO said that it would be “inhumane” to not increase healthcare staff ahead of a second Covid-19 wave.
71.2k
60
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Jul 21st 2020, 11:30 AM
# waiting
More than 200 patients waiting on trolleys in Irish hospitals on Christmas Eve
The number is down from the more than 400 who were waiting for a bed yesterday morning.
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Dec 24th 2019, 1:56 PM
# INMO
Over 1,300 nursing and midwifery posts in Irish hospitals are being left vacant
One in six midwifery posts are being left vacant.
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Aug 26th 2019, 8:07 AM
# uhl
'Patients at risk': Nurses ask health committee to investigate overcrowding at Limerick hospital
The letter states the hospital is in a ‘constant state of overcrowding’.
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Apr 4th 2019, 12:48 PM
# Labour Court
'No longer anything to fear': INMO calls on members to accept proposals to resolve pay strike
It follows a Labour Court recommendation in the INMO’s favour.
12.6k
15
Apr 3rd 2019, 9:44 PM
'I'm dying, but I want to thank the nurses': Dozens write to Taoiseach to support nurses' strike
A number of people wrote to Leo Varadkar during last month’s strike.
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Mar 17th 2019, 12:05 AM
# nurses strike
Talks between INMO and government to return to Labour Court as union rejects new nurses' deal
The negotiations come after nurses went on general strike for a number of days last month.
20.9k
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Updated
Mar 11th 2019, 6:08 PM
# Back to Work
Nursing pay deal set to cost €10-€15 million this year and €30-€35 million in 2020
Finance Minister Donohoe has said that the Labour Court recommendations are “consistent with the public sector stability agreement”.
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Feb 12th 2019, 4:30 PM
# INMO
Strike days by nurses have been suspended after Labour Court intervention
This evening’s Labour Court recommendation includes a number of proposals.
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Feb 11th 2019, 7:39 PM
# Industrial Action
Nurses announce 2 further strike dates in addition to 5 already planned
The INMO made the decision after a meeting of its executive council today.
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Feb 2nd 2019, 5:11 PM
# factcheck
Factcheck: Are Irish nurses among the highest paid in the world?
Nurses and midwives across the country will be on strike from 8am this morning.
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Jan 30th 2019, 12:05 AM
Voices
'In one day I might care for a very ill woman and help resuscitate a baby - and there's no respect'
Midwives didn’t pick the job for the money, but they want their skills to get the same recognition as other healthcare professionals, Maeve Gaynor writes.
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Jan 29th 2019, 9:30 PM
# INMO
Worst November on record for hospital overcrowding as 9,679 wait on trolleys
The INMO has attributed to problem to understaffing and low pay levels.
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100
Dec 2nd 2018, 9:28 AM
# Strike
Nurses and midwives to vote on all-out strike action
If the ballot is passed, they will start with a 24-hour work stoppage and escalate their action the following week.
15.1k
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Nov 6th 2018, 3:15 PM
# equal pay for equal work
Agency nurses 'paid over €10,000 more a year than public staff'
The INMO said “the public sector simply isn’t offering the going rate for the job”.
13.8k
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Oct 27th 2018, 2:56 PM
# Overcrowding
'No effort being spared' says Health Minister after trolley numbers reach record high
A record high of 656 people were waiting on trolleys as 2018 began, according to the INMO.
20.0k
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Jan 2nd 2018, 7:40 PM
# INMO
'Detrimental and harmful': There were over 80,000 people on hospital trolleys so far this year
The INMO said the overcrowding situation is having a “serious, detrimental and harmful effect” on patients.
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Nov 9th 2017, 6:20 AM
# public service pay
Union recommends nurses back public service pay deal to roll back recession measures
The recommendation comes after the union received clarifications from the Department of Public Expenditure.
10.9k
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Aug 29th 2017, 9:22 AM
# St Finbarr's
'It has left the hospital decimated': INMO warns of severe nursing shortage at Cork hospital
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has claimed the safe care and dignity of residents is now at risk.
11.6k
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Jul 18th 2017, 7:00 AM
# record highs
These are the most overcrowded hospitals in the country
There’s been an improvement in Dublin, but things are getting worse in other counties.
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May 3rd 2017, 7:00 AM
# Trolleywatch
'Groundhog Day' as month begins with 600 people on hospital trolleys
The figure of 601 is just short of the high of 612 patients on trolleys at the beginning of January.
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Feb 2nd 2017, 7:29 AM
# vacancies
Irish nurses home for Christmas encouraged to attend HSE recruitment days
Industrial action is looming in the new year as nurses claim they are understaffed and overworked.
7.9k
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Dec 28th 2016, 6:15 AM
# understaffed
Nurses are going to work sick because they 'don't want to let the team down'
Researchers say cutting sick leave entitlements will not reduce absenteeism in the health sector.
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Jul 27th 2015, 4:11 PM
# Trolley Watch
Dublin hospital has highest number of patients on trolleys
The INMO has said the latest trolley figures are “a damning indictment of our society”.
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Jun 12th 2015, 3:20 PM
# Health Reform
Nurses 'demoralised again' as HSE gains 11% more senior managers in four years
The number of nurses fell in the same period by almost 3%.
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Nov 25th 2014, 3:58 PM
# Trolleys
'We're gravely concerned': Nurses at Naas Hospital to protest severe overcrowding
INMO has said its members are “extremely worried at what lies ahead for the winter months”.
10.0k
10
Nov 3rd 2014, 5:38 PM
# midlands regional
'Overcrowded and clinically dangerous': Nurses criticise conditions at Mullingar hospital
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has called on the HSE to immediately recruit more staff at MRHM.
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Sep 29th 2014, 10:42 AM
# Hospitals
Galway nurses to protest 'severe overcrowding' in Emergency Department
The INMO said today nurses are finishing shifts “in a distressed state, experiencing burnout and frustration at the lack of action”.
8.2k
22
Sep 15th 2014, 6:55 PM
# Overcrowding
'Winter is coming' and nurses say Irish hospitals are not prepared
Figures show there was a 19% increase in the number of patients on trolleys compared to last year.
11.0k
23
Sep 13th 2014, 5:00 PM
# Our Lady of Lourdes
Nurses report 'dangerous' patient overcrowding at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital
INMO is calling for the Drogheda hospital’s emergency department to be taken off call for 48 hours to ease the strain.
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Jul 31st 2014, 7:03 PM
# turn off the red light
Pimps 'taking advantage' of delay in new prostitution law
Twelve months have now passed since a Dáil committee recommended new laws that would see buyers of sex punished.
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Jun 26th 2014, 9:54 AM
# Sick day
Reilly won't speak at nurses conference because he's unwell
Nurses will debate motions on bullying and Universal Health Insurance at the conference in Kilkenny.
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May 9th 2014, 11:50 AM
# Overcrowding
Trolleys 'overflowing' onto corridors at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital
The HSE acknowledged that the hospital was “exceptionally busy” today and said measures have been put in place to address the high patient numbers.
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Mar 11th 2014, 12:42 PM
# Shortfall
Shortage of midwives in every public maternity unit in Ireland
Portlaoise, Mullingar and the Rotunda have the biggest shortage of midwives.
8.6k
26
Mar 6th 2014, 12:00 PM
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