The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) has said that planned industrial action by nurses in the Emergency Department of Mayo University Hospital has been stood down.
The action was due to begin tomorrow as part of a dispute relating to staffing levels at the hospital.
The action was to initially take the form of a work-to-rule which could have been escalated to strike action.
The INMO said today that following negotiations at the Workplace Relations Commission, emergency department nurses in Mayo University Hospital have suspended the planned action.
"Through the auspices of the Workplace Relations Commission, the HSE has brought proposals that seek to resolve the issues at the heart of this dispute, namely inadequate staffing and persistently incomplete rosters," said INMO Assistant Director of Industrial Relations for the West, Colm Porter.
"INMO members have stood down their planned action to allow a ballot on the proposals to take place," Mr Porter said.
