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# Phil Ní Sheaghdha

Last month
May 2023
# INMO
Nurses to vote on potential strike action as HSE and Government roll out new promises
The INMO Executive Council said that a fully funded staffing plan is needed to avoid the “catastrophic impact” of last winter.
6.7k
10
May 4th 2023, 1:44 PM
This year
2023
# hospital security
INMO calls for full security review of hospitals following fatal Cork attack
The union said no security review has taken place since 2016.
12.3k
6
Jan 23rd 2023, 11:23 AM
# 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’.
10.9k
21
Updated
Jan 6th 2023, 7:39 PM
# Emergency Departments
INMO calls for return of mandatory mask-wearing in crowded settings amid record trolley numbers
Over 931 patients are without beds in Irish hospitals today – the highest number since records began in 2006.
Covid-19 and influenza cases continue to increase rapidly, while notifications of RSV are also increasing
A consultant at University Hospital Limerick said "conditions in many instances are inhumane"
Services at several hospitals around the country are under extreme pressure
71.5k
108
Updated
Jan 3rd 2023, 1:45 PM
Last year
2022
# INMO
Urgent health service demand at never before seen levels amid 'worst year' for hospital overcrowding
It comes amid a warning from the HSE that ‘demand for urgent health services is rising well above levels we have seen before’.
17.7k
33
Updated
Dec 30th 2022, 3:52 PM
# 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.
23.9k
31
Nov 8th 2022, 4:41 PM
# INMO
Number of patients on trolleys in Irish hospitals hits year-high
669 people are on trolleys in Irish hospitals today, a figure that includes 28 children.
8.6k
8
Oct 25th 2022, 4:16 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
All time
# INMO
Student nurses agree to 'guarded engagement' with review on pay and conditions proposed by government
The INMO said student nurses and midwives had “rightly given a cautious response” to the proposed reviews.
8.7k
4
Dec 16th 2020, 9:18 PM
# Healthcare
Under-staffing issues in health service 'exacerbated by Covid-19 absences'
The INMO will appear at the Dáil’s health committee today.
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11
Oct 21st 2020, 6:15 AM
# 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
Updated
Jul 21st 2020, 11:30 AM
# INMO
FactCheck: Does Ireland have the highest Covid-19 infection rate for healthcare workers in the world?
The claim was made by INMO General Secretary, Phil Ní Sheaghdha.
32.3k
44
Jun 25th 2020, 6:00 AM
# Coronavirus
HSE 'lifts recruitment freeze on nurses' amid concerns of Covid-19 threat to health service
A representative of nurses in Ireland said that not cancelling St Patrick’s Day “puts too much strain on our public health service”.
46.7k
100
Mar 7th 2020, 2:02 PM
# Overcrowding
HSE can't 'willy-nilly' hire whoever they want, Harris says
The government has repeatedly said a recruitment freeze is not in operation.
22.8k
30
Jan 2nd 2020, 11:45 AM
# nurses strike
Nurses and midwives vote to accept deal to end industrial dispute
Members of the INMO voted 62% in favour of accepting the proposals.
16.7k
33
May 2nd 2019, 4:19 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
# 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.
11.4k
100
Dec 2nd 2018, 9:28 AM