Nurses 'struggling to survive' picket at hospitals across country in dispute over public sector pay
Nurses and midwives across Ireland held lunchtime protests to demand better pay and improved working conditions amidst a cost-of-living crisis. The demonstrations precede a planned large-scale strike by public sector workers scheduled for October 14.
Why it matters
The protests highlight growing industrial unrest in the public sector, potentially disrupting essential health services across the country.
Members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation during lunchtime protest outside the Mater Hospital in Dublin. Picture: Leah Farrell/ RollingNews.ie
Members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation held lunchtime protests outside hospitals countrywide over the public sector pay deal dispute.
Hospital staff are protesting over cost-of-living measures and the impact it is having on staffing and patients.
Thursday’s protests were planned ahead of work-stoppages that will begin in the public health service on October 14, when more than 100,000 public sector workers are set to strike.
The INMO protests were held at Cork University Hospital, University Hospital Limerick, St Vincent’s University Hospital, The Mater, Our Lady of Lourdes Drogheda, Letterkenny University Hospital, Galway University Hospital, Naas General Hospital and Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar.
Karen Clarke, industrial relations officer for the INMO, said they were protesting over three issues.
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