‘Scandalous’ students making ‘essential contribution’ are not recognised for work – Siptu

New arrangement should facilitate screening of frontline staff for virus, INMO says

Scheme will become key to the widespread vaccination effort, says Donnelly

Tributes paid to Solson Savior who came to Ireland from India to work as nurse

Move aimed at freeing up experienced staff for frontline duties is to be reviewed in February

Siptu says staff shortages now ‘everywhere’ in health service due to Covid-19

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

Increase would restore pay differential following rises for other grades after 2019 strike

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

People will be able to travel outside their county and gather in homes from Friday

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

Department confirms 31 students got Covid-19 since March amid controversy over pay

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

INMO: Highest level of overcrowding recorded since start of Covid-19 pandemic

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

Dr Ronan Glynn voices concern over Dublin trend, with 182 new cases in the county

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

Culture of staff working when ill contributed to larger outbreaks, says IMO as State’s chief medic warns workplaces are ‘new front line’ in fight against the virus

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

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

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

Zappone says 45 hours of childcare per week to be offered

Concern over employment rights of hundreds of people recruited to fight Covid-19

Health authority says its childcare support survey generated limited information

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

INMO urging private hospital to match public service pay terms

Healthcare worker says she is paying €110 per day for child-minding arrangement

540 nurses and midwives applied to return after re-registration fee was waived

Union calls for agreement on pay and risks for student nurses combating Covid-19 surge

Health service bosses agree that virus-linked absences to constitute special leave with pay

INMO says trolley figures in February were 23% higher than same period last year

INMO says figure is highest since record overcrowding in early Janury

Overcrowding in hospitals remains at record levels for second successive day, say nurses

Figure equals record level of overcrowding, HSE says hospitals under ‘significant pressure’

INMO wants elective surgery cancellations as 760 patients wait for admission to hospital

Siptu says overcrowding at hospital emergency departments is causing chaos

Mater Hospital urges public only to visit when absolutely necessary due to flu

INMO says 2019 was the worst year on record for overcrowding in hospitals

INMO seeking formal intervention by Health Information and Quality Authority

University Hospital Limerick worst affected by overcrowding, according to INMO