Phil Ní Sheaghdha

‘You’re constantly wrecked, the days you have off you spend sleeping,’ says one

Niac meets in Dublin to discuss vaccine booster campaign for healthcare workers

De Gascun says Government could offer third shots to protect hospital system

Health service ‘rapidly swinging from a Covid crisis back into an overcrowding crisis’

Ictu claims €150m accord fund sufficient to undo measures introduced in 2013

Taoiseach’s address to INMO forum signals effort ongoing as how best this could be done

New public service deal, providing 2% pay rise over two years, is overwhelmingly ratified

Department of Health rules out meeting additional costs of childcare for health staff

Nphet reports 77 more deaths as Martin warns of restrictions for six more months

Ireland facing Covid-19 restrictions for first six months of 2021 and vaccine delay for over-70s

INMO again urges reintroduction of paid contracts for those on clinical placement

Training for first, second, third-year students being suspended ‘just for a few weeks’

INMO rejects Government review of student nurses pay as too little too late

Union says deatils of final proposals will determine response to Government initiative

INMO says there has been spike in numbers of patients on trolleys in recent days

Agreement, if ratified, would see pay increase for public servants in each of next two years

President praises those providing essential services and utilities during pandemic

HSE report shows almost 1,700 workers were absent when second lockdown introduced

There will be no public service ‘peace clause’ if current deal not replaced, says Fórsa

Fifty nurses contracting Covid-19 per week, Oireachtas committee is told

INMO says students on placement working for no pay in Covid environment

INMO conference seeks major boost to personnel numbers

Medical and nursing bodies argue staffing will be criticial to implement new measures

INMO says its continued cooperation over winter ‘should not be taken for granted’

Siobhán Murphy says she was off work for 12 weeks and physically crippled with fatigue

Anxiety, ‘brain fog’, dizziness and recurring fever reported in survey of staff by INMO

Claim was made by the head of the Irish nurses’ representative body on Tuesday

If deal is rejected Taoiseach will meet leaders of all political parties to discuss next steps

No change in regulations to include coronavirus as occupationally-acquired illness

Union says many nurses and midwives are paying higher than normal childcare rates

Representative groups reported unit was to be merged with a consultant-led section

Something is going wrong on the front lines, says INMO’s Phil Ní Sheaghdha

Scheme to offer childcare to frontline workers scrapped after only six providers apply

Organisation warns global pandemic means a likely drop in overseas recruitment

Recruitment of overseas staff likely to slow to trickle amid Covid-19 crisis, INMO says

May 5th marks International Day of The Midwife

Government urged to back measure as new evidence suggests use of basic masks in social settings can prevent spread of Covid-19

INMO advises nurses who are unable to work due to lack of childcare to seek full pay

INMO seeks immediate investigation into procurement of PPE

Union says government must deliver promised childcare scheme for essential staff