Nurses threaten to mobilise with unions

Nurses have again threatened to withdraw from talks on a new Croke Park agreement if the Government continues to target their earnings.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, which represents 40,000 nurses, is also threatening to mobilise with other frontline service unions to organise a campaign of action to protect wages.

Following a meeting of its executive the INMO accused the Government’s negotiators of adopting an approach to the talks which was “provocative, unrealistic, and primarily targeted at the income of frontline public servants who have a 24/7 roster”.