Calls to end ‘damaging’ recruitment freeze in HSE

The Labour party leader has called on the Taoiseach to end the ‘damaging’ recruitment freeze in the HSE, which is putting further pressure on health services (Peter Byrne/PA)

The Labour party leader has called on the Taoiseach to end the “damaging” recruitment freeze in the HSE, which is putting further pressure on health services.

Ivana Bacik said that many medical professionals are working through the winter months in “impossible and often dangerous environments”.