To get better pay as a qualified nurse in Ireland you need to either get into management or education.
The result of an INMO ballot on the issues of staffing, recruitment and retention is to be announced at around 5 o’clock today.
Kilkenny man, Liam Doran, who’s the union’s general secretary says there were 240 less staff nurses by the end of October than at the start of this year.
Speaking to KCLR today, Liam says keeping nurses here is a real challenge.