Nurses’ strikes averted as unions put Labour Court pay and staffing offer to members

Further disruption to tens of thousands of patients has been averted — for now — after the nursing unions agreed to call off strikes and put a Labour Court recommendation on pay and staffing to its members for a ballot.

However, just hours after the recommendation was issued, the country’s largest public service union, Fórsa, was already warning that it would be studying the proposals to see if it might have any implications for other civil and public service grades.