Psychiatric nurses' pay row threatens to delay opening of new Central Mental Hospital

The move of the CMH from its existing Victorian-era building in Dundrum, south Dublin, to Portrane, north Dublin, has been dogged by a range of delays for more than two years.

Internal disagreements within the Psychiatric Nurses Association over allowances to compensate staff for the move to the new Central Mental Hospital are threatening to cause even further delays to the long-awaited opening of the facility.

An emergency meeting of the local PNA branch is due to be held this evening after most of the committee resigned in relation to the dispute.