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The Staff Choir Project was launched by the HR Division of the HSE in May, with the support of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation and Beaumont Hospital. This project got underway with a request to members of staff choirs in the health service to get involved in recording a Christmas 2016 song to raise funds for charity.

Members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) in the maternity unit, the labour ward and maternity OPD of Mayo University Hospital, Castlebar, have unanimously balloted in favour of industrial action, up to and including a full withdrawal of labour, due to staff shortages. 

Fianna Fáil TD for Mayo Dara Calleary says he’s shocked by new figures which reveal that the number of patients on trolleys at Mayo University Hospital has increased by a massive 1650% since 2014. The stats from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation show there were 10 people on trolleys during August 2014, increasing to 105 in 2016 and escalating to 175 just last month.

A person spent more than three days waiting on a trolley at University Hospital Galway's emergency department this week.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) has expressed concern regarding the sudden decision by HSE management to transfer “vulnerable patients” out of St Vincent’s Care Centre in Athlone.

The numbers of patients waiting on trolleys at the emergency department of University Hospital Galway during March this year more than doubled when compared with the same month 10 years ago.

Leo Varadkar’s comments about more hospital beds ‘slowing down’ hospitals shows why he should never be returned as a Health Minister says PBP-AAA Mayo General Election candidate Tom Moran.

Galway’s emergency department have hit out at management for what they say is their failure to pass on an important report about the unit to them. The members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation say they are appalled that the report on the external review of the department has remained firmly in management’s possession.

Seven inpatient and 10 day case admissions were cancelled at University Hospital Galway as part of the regional hospital’s contingency plan to deal with the nurses’ strike, which was due to have taken place on Tuesday.

An Taoiseach Enda Kenny has described the emergency department of the west's biggest hospital as not fit for purpose and said staff there are working under "extraordinary conditions".