According to reports nursing and support staff at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda will ballot on industrial action in a dispute over staff shortages and management at the hospital.
Speaking about the decision SIPTU organiser, John McCamley said: “There are a number of disputes between our members and management at the hospital.”
“These include the non-implementation of a number of deals which were agreed at the Workplace Relations Commission concerning the filling of vacant posts, the use of contractors and the removal of shift pay from some support grades.”