Media mentions 18-22 January 2021
Monday 18th January
Student nurses 'frustrated' at 'last-minute decision' to redeploy teaching nurses to help with Covid- 19 surge – The Journal
Placements for over 2,000 student nurses and midwifes temporarily suspended to free up supervisors for Covid-19 response - Independent
Covid-19: INMO calls for clarity on suspension of student nurse placements – Irish Times
Placements for Student Nurses and Midwives Suspended – 98fm
Inside the growing campaign to nationalise Ireland's hospitals amid Covid-19 crisis – Irish Mirror
Dublin council members to call for nationalisation of Ireland's private hospital care – Dublin Live
Thirteen hospitals with no available critical care beds according to HSE – Breaking News
Limerick hospital with 163 Covid patients moves to second stage of surge plan - Examiner
Minister for Health to ask for 'full account' from Coombe Hospital over vaccine saga – Buzz.ie
Donnelly comes under intense pressure as vaccine rollout stumbles – Extra.ie
Covid-19: Hospital hits back after HSE chief blasts Beacon for not offering beds – Examiner
Interview with Phil Ni Sheaghdha – Covid advice – Virgin Media [06:55]
Christmas Festivities Blamed as Ireland Battles New Covid Wave – Financial Times [no link available]
Tuesday 19th January
Nurse who died while being treated for Covid-19 was ‘wonderful caring man’ – Irish Times
Ministers to discuss pay for student nurses – Irish Examiner
Tributes paid as popular nurse with Covid-19 dies – Belfast Telegraph
More Covid-19 patients admitted to Portlaoise hospital at weekend as trollies deployed – Leinster Express
Cork hospital has second highest trolley figures in the country today – Echo Live
Tributes paid to 'kind and gentle' Wexford nurse who has passed away from Covid-19 – Irish Post
INMO: 3 Patients Being Treated On Trolleys At Naas General. - KFM
Wednesday 20th January
Paid contracts for student nurses would ‘undermine training model’, Cabinet told – Irish Times
'They don't feel valued': Sinn Féin to table Dáil motion on fair pay for student nurses – Examiner
Student nurse pay review no longer reflects reality, union says – Breaking News
Cabinet approves €91m plan to bring GPs, pharmacists into vaccine programme – Irish Times Listen: INMO Says Students Nurses Should Be Given Contracts. – Kfm €100 a week for our student nurses 'a slap in the face' - SF to challenge issue in Dáíl – Herald.ie
INMO: 3 Patients Being Treated On Trolleys At Naas General. – kfm
INMO: Student nurse pay report before cabinet: “no longer reflects reality in health service” – Cork Safety Alerts
Government’s plan for €100-a-week grant for student nurses ‘simply too little’ – Independent
Thursday 21st January
Dáil hears student nurse had to shower man after his toe fell off – Irish Examiner
'She doesn't get paid for that': Dáil told of student nurse whose patient's toe 'came off in his sock' – The Journal
Limerick nurses outraged by hospital face mask policy – Live 95FM
High numbers awaited beds at MUH today – Connaught Telegraph
Portiuncula Hospital A&E in Ballinasloe third busiest nationwide today – Shannonside
Portiuncula Hospital has country’s third highest number of patients waiting for beds – Galway Bay FM
Friday 22nd January
'Covid-19 patients deteriorate very quickly, they die very quickly', says nurse manager – Irish Examiner (INMO member)
Life on a Covid ward: 'We were the last people some patients saw, but many died on their own' – The Journal (INMO member)
INMO: 3 Patients Being Treated On Trolleys At Naas General – KFM
Portiuncula Hospital Ballinasloe third most overcrowded nationwide for second day – Galway Bay FM