The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has begun a ballot of its members in the Emergency Department of University Hospital Galway in response to what it describes as “untenable” workloads and unsafe conditions arising from staffing deficits.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has said the HSE have failed to adequately plan for flu season. This comes as 616 patients are being treated on a trolley, chair or in another inappropriate bed space today.

9,036 patients have been treated on a trolley, chair or in another inappropriate bed space in Irish hospitals in November according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.

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Members of the INMO, Fórsa and Siptu are holding a protest in solidarity with the people of Palestine, outside University Hospital Galway at lunchtime today (Friday).

The INMO has strongly criticised this week’s proposal by the US administration to exclude nursing from its list of "professional degrees" as part of a review of education programmes.