A&Es face horror Hallowe’en injuries

NURSES’ representatives are forecasting severe overcrowding problems at accident and emergency units will be exacerbated by bonfire-related injuries over the Hallowe’en weekend.

Irish Nurses Organisation (INO) industrial relations director Dave Hughes said with A&E units already creaking at the seams, it was expecting “a bad few days” ahead.

“We are concerned from a public safety point of view, and we would urge people to be vigilant about bonfires. The A&Es, particularly in the Dublin area, are under serious pressure as it is.”