A&E departments face chaos after nurses vote for strike

Hospital emergency departments will be thrown into chaos next month when nurses strike to end overcrowding.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) said there was overwhelmingly support — 92% — for work stoppages in 25 emergency departments and that its members were walking out as a last resort.

The industrial action will take place from Tuesday, December 15, over two to three hours and will roll across several hospitals.