15/05/2009

Nurse Strike In Killarney

The Irish Nurses Organisation has called for support over a strike it is calling at a hospital in Killarney.

The INO is urging the people of Killarney to support their members who will be stopping work for one hour later today.

The 24 INO nurses at the hospital are in dispute with the Health Services Executive South over its decision to abolition the Director of Nursing post at Killarney Community Hospital.

The nurses are due to stop work between 3pm and 4pm this afternoon.

The INO's Michael Dineen has promised that patient care will not be compromised during the work stoppage.

The organisation has been involved a spate of actions against the treatment of nurses and Government cutbacks.

(DW/BMcC)

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