/> Unions representing health workers in the North East will meet with HSE management at the Labour Relations Commission today.

The meeting was called after the HSE announced sweeping plans to reign in the area’s health budget.

50 beds in the Louth/Meath area will be closed in an effort to cut costs and all agency staff will be let go before December 1st.

Industrial Relations Officer with the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, Tony Fitzpatrick, says they have overstepped the mark: