The HSE believes that about 50,000 people will be affected by the strike by nurses scheduled to take place on Tuesday. EscalationMeanwhile psychiatric nurses are to escalate their campaign of industrial action later this week, it has been announced. Plans by the union to extend the dispute to GP out-of-hours services and community nursing services remains the subject of discussions with the HSE. The HSE said on Sunday it remained available to engage in any efforts to avert industrial action. A dispute involving some ambulance staff is expected to be escalated shortly, while industrial action by psychiatric nurses is ongoing.

Source: The Irish Times February 04, 2019 13:13 UTC