Nurses may take industrial action over A&E overcrowding

Nurses may take industrial action later this month to highlight continuing overcrowding in emergency departments.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has claimed overcrowding last month was 40% higher than in August of last year.

The INMO executive council will meet next Tuesday to agree on a campaign that may include a series of simultaneous work stoppages for limited periods across a number of hospitals.