It’s hoped a ballot of nurses and midwives – on whether to accept or reject a new deal on staff recruitment and retention – will be completed before the end of March.
30,000 members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation had been due to begin a work-to-rule on Tuesday.
However after mammoth talks the union has reached a new deal with the HSE which will see nurses paid to return from abroad and graduates offered permanent contracts.
General Secretary is Liam Doran:
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