Nurses have suspended strike action over pay in the first major coup for restored power-sharing at Stormont. Extra money for salary parity with England and promises on safe staffing levels
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The UK Government has announced its funding package for the newly re-established Northern Ireland Executive. In a statement on Wednesday evening the Government revealed an extra £1 billion on top
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Nurses will receive a pay rise in a “breakthrough” bid to end strike action which has paralysed the health service in Northern Ireland, the new Health Minister said. Robin Swann
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Stormont’s new health minister is to meet trade unions involved in ongoing strike action as other parties face questions as to why they avoided the portfolio. Ulster Unionist minister Robin
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Thousands of nurses in Northern Ireland have started another day of strike action in a row over pay. The protest follows a similar strike last month over salary rates that
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The Department of Health has urged trade unions to return to talks ahead of planned strike action this week. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) will lead its members out
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Around 5,000 medical appointments were cancelled following an unprecedented nurses strike which paralysed parts of the NHS. Healthcare workers in Northern Ireland said they were tearful and “at the end
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Picket lines have been set up across Northern Ireland as thousands of nurses strike over pay. The unprecedented action saw around 9,000 members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN)
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A last-ditch meeting aiming to prevent around 9,000 nurses from taking the UK’s first 12-hour strike action on Wednesday over pay is due. The unprecedented walkout in Northern Ireland will
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A man has been sentenced to 15 years’ jail for causing the death of a three-year-old boy with suspected autism. Kayden McGuinness (pictured) suffered 15 bruises on his scalp and
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