Nurses have described ongoing overcrowding in emergency departments as "completely demoralising" and they believe there have been patient deaths as a result of the problem.
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has announced that strike action will go ahead next Tuesday, due to management’s ‘total failure’ to address the staffing crisis.
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Two hour rolling work stoppages are due to start at seven hospitals across the country, between 8 on Tuesday morning and 4 in the afternoon.
Emergency Nurse Karen McGowan says it’s impossible to do her job.