Analysis: Demands could pose problems for Government and for unions in other sectors

Doctors, nurses and midwives accuse Government of ‘head in the sand’ approach on recruitment

Impact national secretary’s comments interpreted as response to nurses’ 12% claim

Nursing union head rebukes Kevin Kelleher for ‘patronising and insulting’ comment

Letter to Taoiseach signed by academics and artists urges Government to act ‘without delay’

INMO members had voted for industrial action in December but entered talks at WRC

Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation boss says he will retire at the end of this year

Industrial action by nurses deferred to allow for ballot on revised Government proposals

Inside Politics: Nurses’ union INMO announces industrial action to start on March 7th

INMO says no progress made during meeting at the Workplace Relations Commission

HSE says families leaving elderly in hospital to avoid impact of care fees on inheritance

INMO planning strike action over recruitment and retention of staff

Seven people have died from flu so far this winter, latest figures show

Competing interests and focus on immediacy makes long-term strategy difficult

Simon Harris responds to crisis as John Halligan calls for the HSE to be disbanded

INMO chief says the situation is a ‘disaster’ as the figure reaches a new record high

INMO says this is only the second time the count has ever breached 600

Nurses looking for financial incentives to encourage staff recruitment and retention

Simon Harris says strikes not the solution to dealing with health service staffing problems

Union has mandate for mixture of one-day strikes and continuous action, says Doran