Nurses plan hospital protest

Claims by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation that conditions at University Maternity Hospital Limerick make it unsafe for mothers and babies have been rejected by management.

Nurses plan a protest at the hospital tomorrow to highlight their concerns and may ballot for industrial action.

A spokesman for the University of Limerick hospitals group said it has been actively engaged with the INMO on staffing levels at the hospital and that it regrets the action of the group while these talks progress.