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# midwives - Tuesday 23 June, 2020
'An absolute scandal': Ireland has the highest Covid infection rate for healthcare workers in the world, committee told
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar this evening suggested that the figures provided by the INMO were wrong.
# midwives - Thursday 23 April, 2020
'Surprisingly old-fashioned': Union says government childcare offer 'does nothing' for vast majority of nurses
The INMO pointed out that many of its members are lone parents or have partners who are also working on the frontline.
# midwives - Tuesday 24 March, 2020
INMO calls on HSE to pay student nurses and midwives during Covid-19 outbreak
Hundreds of student nurses are set to begin their unpaid work placements this month.
# midwives - Friday 28 June, 2019
Nearly 300 health workers have been assaulted in Irish hospitals so far this year
Of the 279 assaults, 249 were on nurses and midwives.
# midwives - Thursday 2 May, 2019
Nurses and midwives vote to accept deal to end industrial dispute
Members of the INMO voted 62% in favour of accepting the proposals.
# midwives - Saturday 9 February, 2019
'This campaign has to succeed, it is our time': Tens of thousands march in support of nurses and midwives
About 37,000 INMO members are engaging in strike action over pay and staffing levels.
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Nurses, midwives and their supporters to march across Dublin today
The strike is set to enter its third week as supporters gather at the Garden of Remembrance this afternoon.
# midwives - Thursday 7 February, 2019
Day three of nurses' strike: INMO denies that pay increases would lead to public sector 'free-for-all'
Three more strikes are due to take place next Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday.
# midwives - Tuesday 5 February, 2019
'We're just run off our feet': Nearly 40,000 nurses and midwives begin second day of strike action
Meanwhile, the HSE has said that 50,000 patients will be affected this week.
# midwives - Tuesday 29 January, 2019
'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.
# midwives - Thursday 17 January, 2019
Donohoe thanks nurses for 'immense contribution' but says paying them more could lead to others seeking rises
Nurses are set to go on strike this month and next in a dispute over pay and conditions.
# midwives - Saturday 12 January, 2019
Poll: Do you support nurses and midwives going on strike?
They often have to work in very difficult circumstances.
# midwives - Wednesday 9 January, 2019
'Now I can see that there will be nobody nursing me unless we start paying a salary for the job we do'
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation have announced a 24-hour strike for 30 January.
# midwives - Tuesday 8 January, 2019
Nurses and midwives are to go on strike for 24 hours on Wednesday 30 January
Further strike days will follow in February if the dispute goes unresolved, the INMO says.
'We've been brought to this': Nurses and midwives to announce strike action dates
“The last thing the health service needs is a strike,” Health Minister Simon Harris said yesterday.
# midwives - Tuesday 25 December, 2018
'No one would choose to work on Christmas Day, but we're all in it together'
Doctors, nurses, midwives and others will be working across the country today and throughout the week.
# midwives - Wednesday 19 December, 2018
Poll: Do you support nurses and midwives in their vote for all-out strike action?
The INMO is set to announce dates for the 24-hour stoppages in the new year.
# midwives - Tuesday 18 December, 2018
95% of nurses and midwives vote in favour of all-out strike action
The INMO said today that 95% of of its members had voted in favour of strike action.
# midwives - Tuesday 6 November, 2018
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.
# midwives - Saturday 27 October, 2018
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”.
# midwives - Tuesday 4 September, 2018
Ireland's pay rates are not pushing more nurses, midwives and doctors to work abroad - report
The report said that there were issues around recruiting consultants with certain specialities in specific areas.
# midwives - Sunday 6 May, 2018
'There's a relentless focus on us in the media': Why it's so hard to retain midwives
At a recent conference, representatives from the maternity sector spoke about how negative media coverage affects morale.
# midwives - Friday 5 May, 2017
Simon Harris commits to giving graduating Irish student nurses full-time contracts
Staffing and retention are two key issues that nearly led to industrial action in the nursing sector earlier this year.
# midwives - Friday 7 April, 2017
Crisis averted? 1,200 nurses and midwives to be hired by end of year
Health Minister Simon Harris has said that the measures offer nurses and midwives “enhanced opportunities to advance their careers”.
# midwives - Wednesday 28 December, 2016
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.
# midwives - Tuesday 29 November, 2016
'Disillusioned and concerned': Midwives to start industrial action over staff shortages
They have voted in favour of action up to and including the complete withdrawal of labour.
# midwives - Friday 4 November, 2016
More unions line up to question Lansdowne Road as all-out industrial strife looms
Bodies representing thousands of workers are calling for talks following the offer made to gardaí.
# midwives - Saturday 12 March, 2016
'It's a disgrace some women can't get the support they need'
About 8,000 women in Ireland develop gestational diabetes every year.
# midwives - Monday 7 December, 2015
Trainee doctors say nurses and doctors bully them as they're shown the ropes
A new report also found trainees who gained their medical qualification outside Ireland rated learning environments significantly more highly.
# midwives - Friday 21 August, 2015
Nurses slam HSE over 78 jobs left unfilled - all at just ONE Irish hospital
The INMO says Cork University Hospital continues to operate at almost full capacity.
# midwives - Thursday 23 July, 2015
The HSE is trying to entice Irish nurses back home with promises of money and contracts
It is seeking to attract up to 500 people and it is hoped it will encourage Irish nurses working abroad to come home.
# midwives - Sunday 24 May, 2015
'Ireland's maternity units are facing chronic and dangerous understaffing'
Maternity staff are being asked to deal with far, far more births than they can safely handle in hospitals up and down the country.
# midwives - Saturday 3 January, 2015
Varadkar: Nurses must sort out registration fee dispute amongst themselves
The Health Minister said he is monitoring the situation but can’t step in.
# midwives - Monday 29 December, 2014
INMO calls on nurses to boycott increased registration fee
The Nurses and Midwifery Board of Ireland denied it has been ‘threatening’ members.
# midwives - Thursday 6 November, 2014
7,000 emergency department patients were on trolleys last month
The INMO said it is concerned about hospitals coping with the winter demand.
# midwives - Monday 3 November, 2014
'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”.
# midwives - Monday 13 October, 2014
Pics: NHS workers stage first strike in 32 years
The strike follows a rejection by the government of an across-the-board pay rise for workers.
# midwives - Monday 29 September, 2014
Doctors to train like airline pilots in simulation centres
The centre will recreate real life clinical scenarios using simulation models.
'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.
# midwives - Thursday 26 June, 2014
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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Poll: Will you be attending a pub or restaurant this weekend?
THIS IS THE first weekend since pubs and restaurants reopened for businesses on Monday.
There are strict guidelines in place for the businesses due to Covid-19 restrictions, with a time limits in place for patrons and a requirement to buy a meal if people are consuming alcohol.
TheJournal.ie visited some pubs earlier in the week to see what the ‘new normal’ is like, but will you?
Today’s poll: Will you be attending a pub or restaurant this weekend?
Poll Results:
I won't be going to either (9611)
Yes, I'll be heading to a restaurant (1763)
Yes, I'll be heading to a pub (1332)
I've no bookings made but I might (989)
I hope to go to both (517)
I've made several bookings (128)
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