SIPTU members and their colleagues in other health unions continued the campaign of opposition to the HSE’s Pay and Numbers Strategy with protests at University Hospital Galway, Letterkenny General Hospital and Mullingar Hospital in recent weeks. 

It follows a number of protests in October in various locations around the country. 

SIPTU Organiser, Irene Tiernan, said: “Our members protested to highlight the fact that, despite talk of record-breaking levels of investment in the public health service, our members are not seeing the benefit of it as they carry out their duties in a very challenging work environment.”