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Mon 04 Apr 2007Nursing dispute talks to resumeTalks in the nurses' dispute are expected to resume today, two days before the Irish Nurses' Organisation (INO) and the Psychiatric Nurses' Organisation are due to step up their industrial action. They have threatened to extend work stoppages to 52 hospitals by the end of the week.The talks follow informal moves by the benchmarking National Implementation Body over the weekend, which revealed "a genuine effort on behalf of all parties to improve the atmosphere", according to David Begg of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (Ictu).