Nurses work-to-rule means cancellation of operations

PATIENTS in Limerick, Nenagh and Ennis face having operations cancelled from Monday as theatre nurses refuse to do overtime in a protest over pay, the Irish Nurses Organisation warned night warned.

Some 70 nurses in Limerick Regional Hospital and Ennis and Nenagh

general hospitals are to step up their existing work-to-rule after discussions with the Mid Western Health Board ended without a resolution yesterday.