Both sides in the nurses’ dispute will return to the Labour Court on Sunday after more than ten hours of talks adjourned early this morning.
The two sides emerged from the Court at 2am on Sunday morning with no breakthrough to the dispute.
The talks involved the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO), the Psychiatric Nurses Association (PNA) and public service management.
More than 40,000 members of the INMO and PNA are set to go on strike for three days in the coming week on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
On Saturday, tens of thousands of people attended a rally in Dublin city centre in support of the nurses’ campaign for improved pay and better recruitment.