The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has denied it has timed strike action to coincide with a general election campaign.
Talks between nurses and the HSE on overcrowding collapsed last night, meaning a strike is almost certain to go ahead next week.
Emergency department nurses will begin two hour rolling work stoppages at 7 hospitals from Tuesday – Letterkenny University Hospital has not been listed as one of them.
Deputy General Secretary of the INMO, Dave Hughes, says there’s no political motivation to the campaign:
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