Nurses and midwives in say they are prepared to escalate their action until the government is willing to talk about pay and conditions.
INMO members are engaged in their third day of strike action.
From those on the picket line, the message remains the same: engage in negotiations and improve conditions or the strike action will continue.
Despite the strike action impacting nearly 80,000 patient appointments nationally in the last week, INMO members say there has been no drop in support from the public.
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Speaking to Beat News earlier today was Mary Butler Ryan - the INMO rep for the Thurles region in county Tipperary:
