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Management at
Letterkenny General Hospital are putting in place a
contingency plan in the event of a work stoppage by
nursing staff. The Donegal acute hospital has not
yet been earmarked for a stoppage by the Irish
Nurses’ Organisation. However, hospital manager,
Sean Kelly said it is a probability for which he
must make contingencies. A meeting of the National
Implementation Body to review the escalating nurses'
dispute ended yesterday without a decision to invite
the parties back to renewed talks. The dispute ran
to one-hour work stoppages at St. Vincent's
University Hospital in Dublin, South Tipperary
General Hospital and St Luke's Psychiatric Hospital,
both in Clonmel. The next phase of one-hour
stoppages will begin on Friday and will include
Beaumont Hospital in Dublin, Roscommon General
Hospital and Roscommon Mental Health Services. A
nationwide work-to-rule by 40,000 nurses, which
began ten days ago, is also continuing throughout
the country including Letterkenny.
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