More than 10,000 health workers set to strike for a day in October

Siptu said the industrial action will impact 30 hospitals. Picture: Alamy/PA

More than 10,000 health workers across Ireland will go on strike in October over public service pay negotiations.

Union Siptu described the planned industrial action that will impact 30 hospitals as a “significant intensification” of its campaign for “dignity, fairness, and financial certainty for workers”.