Taoiseach: 'Would not be fair to taxpayers' for Govt to give nurses pay increases

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said were the Government to accede to nurses' pay demands, it would not be fair to patients or other health workers.

Speaking during Leaders' Questions, Mr Varadkar came under sustained fire from Opposition leaders about today's strike by 35,000 nurses but insisted there would be no last-minute intervention from him or the Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe.