Nurses vote unanimously for industrial action

NURSES in the emergency department at Limerick’s biggest hospital have voted unanimously for industrial action over staff shortages and the closure of 25 beds at the hospital.

Nurses in other departments at the hospital are already on a work-to-rule over the breach by management of local agreements including a commitment that trollies would not be placed in wards.

The hospital is faced with a budget deficit of €15 million already this year, the highest of any hospital in the country.