Press releases

The INMO has stated that it has served notice of industrial action today on HSE Southwest in relation to staffing levels at the newly built Killarney Community Nursing unit.

The INMO welcomes the position taken by Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeil, in relation to the delivery of health care via the public system. However, the union has noted this does require a significant rethink of the finances, particularity to increase capacity and provide safe staffing.

Over 9811 patients were treated on trolleys, chairs, or in other inappropriate bed spaces in May according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation...

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has announced it is to ballot its members in Cork University Hospital’s Theatre Department for industrial action.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation and the Psychiatric Nurses Association have served notice of industrial action in the Donegal Intellectual Disability Services, Árd na Gréine. The industrial action in the form of a work-to-rule will begin on June 2nd 2026.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has stated that the HSE’s recruitment controls must not include nurses and midwives.