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Live: Cork schools, hospitals and public services face major strike disruption

Follow our live coverage as the nationwide public service strike causes disruption across Cork's schools, hospitals and State services
Live: Cork schools, hospitals and public services face major strike disruption

A Dublin march in support of striking nurses and midwives in 2019, calling on the government to make serious proposals to resolve an industrial dispute. File picture: Tom Honan/PA Wire

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<p class="contextmenu internal_Caption">HSE staff at a previous protest outside Cork University Hospital. Tomorrow will also see a picket outside the hospital as staff take part in the nationwide protest: Picture: Chani Anderson</p>

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