The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation will begin a period of consultation with its members on a campaign of industrial action over hospital overcrowding.
The decision follows the worst week of hospital overcrowding on record in Ireland, with HSE interim CEO Stephen Mulvaney telling RTE Radio One this morning that he cannot say for certain that "it won't get worse before it gets better".
This morning 535 patients were waiting to access a hospital bed, according to INMO figures. INMO General Secretary, Phil Ní Sheaghda, announced the decision to consider strike action this afternoon, saying the overcrowding over the past week was "totally avoidable".
