A planned work to rule tomorrow at University Maternity Hospital Limerick has been averted.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) and SIPTU have suspended the action, after reaching agreement on a set of proposals from the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC).

Midwives were set to withdraw from all clerical admin roles.

The WRC proposals will see an additional 30 nurses and midwives recruited to work at the hospital over the next number of months.

Mary Fogarty, INMO industrial relations officer, said: "After lengthy discussion, it was agreed, by a majority of 80%, to accept the proposals and to suspend any action for a period of six months pending a review at that time on implementation progress".

All the issues will be subject to review periodically with the WRC.