Nurses threaten industrial action over staffing levels 

Delegates at the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation's annual conference unanimously endorsed an emergency motion calling for the ballot. Picture: PA

Nurses are threatening to ballot for industrial action if they do not get sufficient progress on their demands for safe staffing levels in the country's hospitals.

Delegates at the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation's (INMO)  annual conference unanimously endorsed an emergency motion calling for the ballot.