Nurses said that in some hospitals, staffing numbers have changed little in 30 years

This number has increased by 111 since the last bank holiday in Ireland, just three weeks ago at Easter

Chronic shortages, inadequate staffing, excessive workloads and toxic workplaces among the issues facing essential hospital staff

Cork University Hospital and Mercy University Hospital saw record overcrowding on Tuesday

This number has increased by 100 since Tuesday due to the post-bank holiday surge, according to the union's trolley figures, which the INMO said 'was entirely predictable'

Trolley crises are now a summer problem in Ireland as well as winter, while crying in work and “pit in the stomach” feelings are the new norm for healthcare workers, the Labour Party conference has heard.

SouthDoc 'seeing a lot of patients who no longer have a GP'

The union's trolley watch figures show that of the 651 people awaiting beds, 116 are in University Hospital Limerick (UHL), the highest number recorded in the country

Of the 10,040 recorded in 2023, 426 were under the age of 16

The cancellations spanned over December and January — during a period of ongoing overcrowding problems in hospitals

The INMO has said the HSE and Department of Health must "heed warnings" on insufficient nurse and midwife staffing

Frontline health workers suffering daily assaults, old initiatives such as Hospital Watch rebranded — are our hospitals able to keep us secure when we’re at our most vulnerable? asks Sorcha Crowley

663 patients without beds in Irish hospitals on Tuesday morning

Sod turned on new private hospital in Limerick as HSE explores buying Barrington's

People harassing nurses could better expend their energy donating blood or otherwise helping our community 

The INMO's Phil Ní Sheaghdha has received several complaints from foreign national members who have been subjected to ongoing verbal attacks of a racist nature by protesters in recent weeks.

Siptu was among the unions highlighting "unequal treatment of benefits which are afforded to support workers by their employer, even if they are assaulted in the same incident as other grades of staff".

INMO figures indicate more than 10 nurses are assaulted every day, and staff are afraid to go into work

It has also emerged that some 1,610 patients aged over 75 were last week forced to wait longer than 24 hours for a bed or to go home after registering at an emergency department

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) has called for a fire safety inspection of Cork University Hospital (CUH) following a fire in its overcrowded emergency department (ED).

On Tuesday, 534 people were awaiting beds on trolleys in Irish hospitals

INMO says it will consult members about possible strike action amid hospital overcrowding crisis and the surge in Covid, flu, and RSV infections 

People left waiting on hospital trollies are particularly at risk of contracting airborne infections as latest data shows hundreds falling ill

Amid the hospital overcrowding crisis, management's focus should be on patients and staff 

UHL is again the hospital worst hit by overcrowding, while the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation leader stressed that the 'inhumane and often unsafe conditions' in our hospitals is a national problem

Only the second time on record the numbers have been this high, INMO said

Up to 40 sick children a day forced to wait for a bad

'Temporary fixes are not enough' with hospitals in Munster and Connacht worst affected, INMO warns

It has also emerged that 232 of the promised 1,156 extra winter beds have not yet been opened in hospitals across the country

Some 100,195 patients have been on trolleys this year, according to Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation analysis released on Tuesday. More than 1,903 children have been on trolleys

INMO has written to the hospital warning of 'significant midwifery staffing deficits'. 

Dr Fergal Hickey said medics are particularly worried about the impact of hospital overcrowding on the vulnerable over-75s as the flu season kicks in during January

The billboards seen near the Mater hospital in Dublin are 'probably a bit cheeky' an Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) representative said

Announcement comes as health watchdog publishes damning report into overcrowding at CUH emergency department

What started as a way to honour healthcare staff now looks like a measly half-hearted afterthought — and it's still not been paid

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has announced its intention to join a programme of industrial action in order to expedite a new public deal

Protesters gathered outside Department of Social Protection offices in Dublin and Waterford to call for an increase in pay for care and community workers for the first time in more than 10 years.

INMO president Karen McGowan said the pressure all nurses, midwives and other healthcare workers are under at the moment was unsustainable

Patients are once again facing significant delays in hospitals around the country, with 608 people waiting on trolleys for beds as Covid numbers surge.

Specialist team tasked with tackling record Limerick trolley figures meets management 

Staff at Dublin's Beaumont Hospital are the first to get the promised one-off tax-free Covid-19 payment

INMO conference told 'spiralling' costs of housing and travel putting nurses at risk food poverty

Minister intervenes directly in the HSE's running of Ireland's health service for the second time in a week

"The level of overcrowding in emergency departments is a factor and, while there is no justification, it is often a product of overcrowding," said Sinn Féin’s health spokesman, David Cullinane.