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This morning.

Across Dublin.

Scenes from day two of the Nurses’ strikes, including Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) General Secretary Phil Ni Sheaghdha (above) outside the site of the new National Children’s Hospital and Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald (pic 3) with Nurses from the INMO (trade union on the picket line outside St James Hospital in Dublin .

More as we get it.

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INMO trade union picket line outside Beaumont in Dublin on Wednesday, the first day of a planned series of one day strikes in support of better pay and conditions.

This morning.

Yesterday: ‘The Government Is Taking Legal Advice’

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Messages of support for for tomorrow’s nurses’ and midwives’ strike from Irish nurses around the world, asking “for a reason to come home”.

Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) President Martina Harkin Kelly said:

“I’m proud and humbled by the support of our nursing and midwifery colleagues around the world. Globally, our nurses and midwives are standing up for safe staffing, fair pay, and for our patients, who deserve better care. That’s what Wednesday’s strike is all about.

I’m touched and saddened by their core message “give us a reason to come home”. Ireland’s public health service does not pay a competitive wage, meaning many of Ireland’s brilliant nurses and midwives are forced to look overseas to secure fair pay and safe conditions.”

Earlier: Talks About Talks

Thanks Beibhinn Dunne

Top from left: Dr Edward Mathews, Phil Ni Sheaghdha and Tony Fitzpatrick, of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO), at the Workplace Relations Commission this afternoon

Phil Ní Sheaghdha [General Secretary of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation] said the HSE had indicated that of the 2,000 workers they intend to employ next year, only 300 will be in nursing and midwifery grades – at a time when there are over 2,000 nursing vacancies.

She said this demonstrated the lack of urgency which health management is attaching to addressing the fundamental difficulties which were triggering longer waiting lists, longer waits in emergency departments, and longer waits to implement a strategy on increasing capacity.

‘Substantive measures’ needed to defer nurses strike – INMO (RTÉ)

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This afternoon.

The Psychiatric Nurses Association (PNA) join their  colleagues in the Irish Nurses And Midwives Organisation (INMO) in declaring strike action over pay and staff shortages.

Psychiatric nurses announce series of strike dates (RTÉ)

Yesterday: ‘Now We Need Your Help’

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Members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives’ Organisation (INMO) at their Dublin HQ last night

Further to the announcement last night by the Irish Nurses and Midwives’ Organisation (INMO) that its members will go on strike for 24 hours on January 30, with further 24-hour strikes on February  5, 7, 12, 13 and 14, if the dispute over pay is not resolved.

INMO is seeking a 12% pay increase to bring nurses’ pay “into line with other health professionals”, arguing that there is a serious shortage of nurses across the health service.

INMO General Secretary Phil Ní Sheaghdha said:

“Going on strike is the last thing a nurse or midwife wants to do. But the crisis in recruitment and retention has made it impossible for us to do our jobs properly. We are not able to give patients the care they deserve under these conditions.

The HSE simply cannot recruit enough nurses and midwives on these wages. Until that changes, the health service will continue to go understaffed and patient care will be compromised.

The ball is in the government’s court. This strike can be averted. All it takes is for the government to acknowledge our concerns, engage with us directly, and work to resolve this issue, in a pro-active manner.

We were due to meet with the government in the national oversight body in December, but the meeting was cancelled. Like many patients in Ireland’s health service, we are still waiting for an appointment.”

INMO President Martina Harkin-Kelly said:

“We entered these professions because we care for our patients. We’ll be going on strike for the exact same reason. Ireland’s patients deserve better than this understaffed health service. Nurses and midwives are now globally traded assets.

The public health service no longer pays a competitive wage, so we can no longer get the necessary number of nurses and midwives.

We are calling on the public to support us. Nurses and midwives are always there for you when you need help. Now we need your help.”

Nurses to strike for 24 hours on 30 January (RTÉ)

Last night: Stricken

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(INMO) General Secretary Phil Ni Sheaghdha (second left front) before a press conference at their Headquarters this afternoon

This afternoon

Nurses to strike for 24 hours on 30 January (RTÉ)

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Terry McMahon writes:

That’s my daughter’s hand around my finger. Her mother is a midwife. Another midwife helped the birth. Their dedication is astonishing but now midwives have had to vote to strike. And it’s beautiful to see so many powerful people support these women who have chosen to make a life out of helping other women give birth.

Okay, it hasn’t happened yet, but it will.

Social media is awash with campaigns for these astonishing midwives who guide women through the miraculous process of birth and thereafter. Support is everywhere. And the t-shirts and the hoodies and the pop-up shops are amazing.

Okay, it hasn’t happened yet, but it will.

Anyone who questioned any recent campaigns has been proven wrong. Equality is here. Rights are real. Support is everywhere. Particularly for the midwives who do thirteen-hour shifts, without a break, to facilitate the miracle of birth for women who are at their most profoundly vulnerable, as they bring new life into our world.

Okay, it hasn’t happened yet.

But it will…won’t it?

Terry McMahon is a filmmaker and can be found on Twitter @terrymcmahon69

Previously: Terry McMahon on Broadsheet

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