Nurses seek incentives to avoid strikes

Nurses require financial incentives to avert strike action in a dispute over staffing, recruitment, and retention, their trade union has said.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) has re-entered talks in a bid to address staff shortages and difficulties in both hiring and keeping nurses which, it says, is impacting on patient care.

Going in to negotiations with the HSE, the Department of Health, and the Department of Public Expenditure, INMO general secretary Liam Doran said financial incentives would have to be included if strike action is to be averted.