Racist abuse of healthcare workers a 'new low'

Paediatric nurse Sylvia Chambers represented the IMNO at a Joint health committee meeting on Wednesday. Picture: Gareth Chaney/ Collins Photos

A string of racist attacks on nurses outside a busy hospital has been described as a "new low" by the Taoiseach.

Leo Varadkar has been told of a number of incidents during which protestors targeted nurses on their way to and from work at a busy Dublin teaching hospital over a number of days.