HSE are intimidating workers, claims union

THE Irish Nurses Organisation has accused the Health Service Executive of attempting to threaten and intimidate nurses individually at some hospitals as part of an increasingly bitter row over pay and conditions for nursing staff.

Nurses at St Vincent’s Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin — which is one of the hospitals targeted for the first in a series of one-hour stoppages tomorrow — were issued with a letter at the weekend which the INO claims questions their professional registration and professional indemnity cover.

An INO spokesperson described the content of the letter as “distasteful”.