Tuesday 1 September 2026 Health service will not be equipped to deal with winter unless staffing prioritised The INMO has reported that over 9,945 patients were admitted to hospital without a bed this August, making this the worst August on record for hospital overcrowding.
Thursday 20 August 2026 INMO raises staffing and safety concerns in Cork hospitals The INMO has stated the situation in Cork University Hospital and Cork University Maternity Hospital is highly dangerous, noting significant frontline nursing and midwifery vacancies in the hospitals that are not being filled.
Tuesday 4 August 2026 617 patients on trolleys following bank holiday weekend - INMO The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has urged the Health Service Executive to get a handle on a ‘summer trolley crisis’. This comes as over 617 patients are without a bed in Irish hospitals this morning.
Friday 31 July 2026 July like no other in health service - exceptional measures needed in UHL 10,394 patients were treated on a trolley or in an inappropriate space in July, according to the INMO. The union states that this is the first July on record that trolley figures have exceeded 10,000.
Friday 31 July 2026 Agreement reached between Unions and HSE regarding Killarney Community Nursing Unit Following negotiations under the auspices of the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC), an agreement has been reached regarding the safe staffing of Killarney Community Nursing Unit, enabling the unit to open safely on a phased basis from August 10th.
Tuesday 14 July 2026 INMO to ballot nurses and midwives for industrial action over pay The Irish Nurses and Midwives has announced that it will ballot its members for industrial action, up to and including strike action, following the Government’s failure to establish a clear basis for negotiations on a new public sector pay agreement...