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Tue 04 Apr 2007Nurses call off hospital stoppagesFace-to-face talks between health service employers and nursing unions aimed at trying to resolve the dispute over nurses' pay and conditions will begin this afternoon, writes Eithne Donnellan, Health Correspondent.As a result, the Irish Nurses' Organisation (INO) and the Psychiatric Nurses' Association (PNA) have called off plans for one-hour work stoppages at over 50 hospitals and mental health centres which were due to take place tomorrow and Friday. However, the nurses will continue with their work-to-rule.