Safe hospital staffing levels secured after 12-year dispute

THE union representing nurses has secured safe staffing levels for Clonmel hospital after an industrial battle going back to the mid-1990s.

The long-running issue involved an amalgamation proposal which led to the South Tipperary General Hospital becoming an acute facility.

In 1996 an agreement was reached between the South Eastern Health Board and the Cashel Hospital Action Committee regarding the future delivery of hospital services in the region.