On song: protest gets in tune to show solidarity

YOU’LL Never Walk Alone, the immortal anthem penned by the aptly named Gerry and the Pacemakers, belted out as nurses marched outside one of the country’s largest hospitals yesterday.

The repertoire of battle hymns which the Irish Nurses Organisation (INO) had chosen to accompany their three-hour industrial action at Cork University Hospital clearly showed their mentality: determination and solidarity.

Only occasionally were the songs emanating from large speakers drowned out by the honking horns of passing cars and lorries.