Junior doctors vote for strike action if talks fail

JUNIOR doctors yesterday voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action if talks to resolve their dispute with employers fail at the Labour Relations Commission.

The Irish Medical Organisation last night revealed the results of a strike ballot in which 97% of the union’s 2,600 members voted in favour of strike action as a last resort.

IMO director of industrial relations Fintan Hourihan said junior doctors demanded “a seachange in the attitude of health service managers and a move away from the cutbacks agenda.”