Nurses and midwives vent fury at fee hike

Up to 2,000 nurses and midwives took to the streets of Dublin yesterday to vent their anger at a 50% hike in registration fees.

The march, organised by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, the Psychiatric Nurses Association, and Siptu, made its way to the head offices of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland in Blackrock where a letter objecting to the increase was handed to board president Paul Gallagher.

INMO spokesman Michael Dineen said nurses were angry on two fronts.