SIPTU work-to-rule set to include members at St Luke’s General for Carlow and Kilkenny

Hospitals, schools, State Agencies and local authorities are all facing strike action from today.

The work-to-rule by members of SIPTU, which today includes 30 hospitals including St Luke’s General Hospital for Carlow and Kilkenny, is aimed at getting the government to agree a new public-sector pay deal, after the last one expired in June.

Overall, SIPTU’s Brendan O’Brien says its impacting over 70,000 of its members.

KCLR News has contacted the HSE for comment. (They’re due to publish updates here).