Strike threat looms ahead of nurses' ballot
A ballot of the country's nurses gets underway this morning amid a growing overcrowding crisis.
A ballot of the country's nurses gets underway this morning amid a growing overcrowding crisis.
Members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation say theirs and patient's safety is being compromised on a daily basis.
Leeside nurses say the numbers lying on trollies this year are the worst since records began.
The INMO says if members vote in favour of it - the ballot could lead to an all out strike in the lead up to Christmas.
General Secretary Liam Doran says the situation has gone too far:
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