[Thomas J Stamp]

Well, I'm 100% behind the nurses.

Issues are simple, and it was interesting how many of the callers on liveline sounded like they were ringing form Hawkins House.

You're trained as a nurse. Managment let go filing staff as a cost cutting exercise. Nurses have to do that as well.

Nurses are informed when they sought a raise that no, you really need a degree. They get one, no raise.

They still have longer working hours than they were promised 27 years ago.

They're doing routine work that a JHO would have done three years ago: no increase in salary.

And, despite all the rubbish from those lads in Hawkins house busy ringing up Joe Duffy and Brenda Power today ( what a great drive to Waterford I had today, eh?) they are totally correct and right in calling this now if for no other reason than theres an election coming up, that way they'll have governments back to the wall for a few months and get a deal, cos, lads, after May 17th if you dont have a deal you can forget about it for another five years.