Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation
The
Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation is the largest
Irish professional
union for
nurses and
midwives with 40,000 members. It was founded in 1919 after
World War I, when a group of Irish nurses and midwives had a meeting in
Dublin to discuss the issues in promoting an improvement in wages and advocating for a standard to be set for the conduction of their duties in the medical profession. This new
organisation focused on increasing awareness towards tackling problems of pay and pension. They encouraged participation in recognising these changes by recruiting new members and establishing a standard for nursing and midwifery practice through educational initiatives. They were originally known as the ‘Irish Nurses Union’. In the 1930s, they began to promote their campaigns internationally by becoming affiliated with the
International Council of Nurses. To this day they are still active and are based at the Whitworth Building in North Brunswick, Dublin.
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