Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has sparked fresh anger among nurses after rejecting demands to increase their salaries, claiming that any raise will have "huge and entirely negative consequences" and is "not affordable". Mr Donohoe insists "a demand like that cannot be met" despite growing pressure from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation to increase income levels for members across the country. WATCH: Finance Minister @Paschald says he can’t and won’t meet nurse's wage demands. "Nurses and midwives are the lowest-paid graduate profession within the Irish healthcare system and also work the longest hours. "Nurses and midwives are extremely exercised about the very dangerous working conditions for themselves and their patients due to a recruitment and retention crisis.

Source: Irish Examiner December 07, 2018 17:03 UTC