部长称周三罢工仍可避免 患者协会警告或有2万个医疗预约受影响
2026年10月11日，距离爱尔兰公共部门全国罢工还有三天。一名政府部长表示，这场近年来规模最大的罢工之一仍有可能避免。护士、医生、教师、公务员等公共部门雇员定于10月14日星期三举行24小时停工，抗议新的公共部门薪酬协议迟迟未能达成。
这将是自2009年金融危机高峰以来爱尔兰首次全公共部门范围的罢工。上一份薪酬协议已于今年6月底到期，工会与政府在谈判前提上的分歧使继任协议一直没有实质谈判。除10月14日外，工会已通知10月21日举行第二轮停工。
爱尔兰患者协会同日警告，本周计划中的罢工可能导致多达2万人受到医疗服务取消与延误的影响。协会主任斯蒂芬·麦克马洪表示，医院服务将出现严重中断。此前医院方面已警告，罢工将造成显著而广泛的干扰，常规手术与检查将被取消。
罢工当天，学校将停课，公共公园与医院预约等服务都会受到波及；急诊等基本服务将维持，公共交通不受影响，消防与救护服务将缩减运行。医院与学校将分别公布10月14日的具体安排。
Minister Says Strike Can Still Be Avoided; Patients Warn of 20,000 Affected Appointments
With three days to go before Ireland's nationwide public sector strike, a government minister said on 11 October 2026 that one of the biggest strikes in Ireland in recent years could still be avoided. Nurses, doctors, teachers, civil servants and other workers are set to take part in a 24-hour work stoppage on Wednesday, 14 October, to protest the lack of a new public sector pay agreement.
It will be the first wider public sector strike since 2009, at the height of the country's financial crisis. The last pay deal expired at the end of June, and the deadlock between unions and government over the basis for entering talks has prevented substantive negotiations on a successor. A second strike day has been notified for 21 October.
The Irish Patients Association warned the same day that up to 20,000 people could be affected by cancellations and delays across health services as a result of the planned strike action. The association's director, Stephen McMahon, said there would be serious disruption. Hospitals have warned of significant and widespread disruption on the day, with routine procedures cancelled.
On the strike day, schools will close and services from public parks to hospital appointments will be affected. Essential services such as emergency hospital departments will be maintained and public transport will be unaffected, while fire and ambulance services will run a reduced service. Hospitals and schools will each publish their specific arrangements for 14 October.
图片来源：都柏林 Mater 医院（Mater Misericordiae University Hospital），DubhEire 摄，CC0（Wikimedia Commons）
