Midwives and nurses march against €50 fee increase

A campaign to reverse the €50 hike in registration fees for nurses and midwives led to several protests around the country yesterday, including at the gates of Cork University Hospital.

The protests come ahead of a rally planned by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, the Psychiatric Nurses Association and Siptu, to place in Dublin on November 18.

Emma Murphy, a staff nurse at CUH, said nurses were angry that they were expected to pay more to register at a time when they believe their regulatory body, the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, is not being transparent about how their money is spent.