Mairead Maguire

1 week ago | thejournal.ie | Mairead Maguire

THERE WON’T BE enough nurses to staff the new National Children’s Hospital when it opens, the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) has said. If the hospital opens as projected – after years of delay – in 2026, it could have as many as 300 fewer nurses than it needs to run at full capacity. Phil Ní Sheaghdha, general secretary of the INMO, says it’s a conservative estimate, and that the HSE is running out of time to avoid a severe staff shortage.

1 week ago | thejournal.ie | Mairead Maguire

MORE THAN HALF of nurses and midwives have experienced aggressive or threatening behaviour at work. In a survey conducted by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO), one in five respondents said they’d been subjected to physical violence in the workplace. The INMO carried out the survey in advance of their annual conference, which begins today and will be attended by the Minister for Health.

1 week ago | thejournal.ie | Mairead Maguire

A SERIES OF changes will be made to Pearse Street as part of wider traffic management measures that will restrict the use of private cars in the city centre. From 25 May, only public transport, taxis and cyclists will be allowed to turn left from Westland Row onto Pearse Street. A new right turn for general traffic (cars and delivery vans) will be introduced at this junction and the section of Pearse Street from Westland Row to Sandwith Street will be made two-way.

1 week ago | thejournal.ie | Mairead Maguire

OVER THE MAY Bank Holiday weekend, more than 3,000 motorists were detected speeding. Between 7am on Thursday 1 May until 7am this morning, gardaí undertook an “extensive” roads policing operation. Among the notable speeding offences detected was a motorcyclist clocked at 122km/h in a 60km/h zone in Donadea, Co. Kildare. Another motorcyclist was found to be doing 129km/h in a 60km/h zone on the Navan Road, Dublin 15. In Drumfin, Sligo, a driver was clocked doing 151km/h in a 100km/h zone.

1 week ago | thejournal.ie | Mairead Maguire

Here’s all the news you need to know as you start the day. 1. Derelict buildings contribute significantly to Ireland’s housing crisis, and bringing them back into use is one of the Government’s aims to address social housing shortfalls and to get more homes on the market. Local authorities can also apply to acquire the site themselves via a Compulsorily Purchase Order application to An Bord Pleanála. Here are the derelict houses and buildings that Ireland’s county councils asked to CPO in April. 2.