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Sat 06 Jun 2007Break in consultant action to allow talks to resumeHospital consultants are expected today to suspend industrial action to allow for talks to resume with the Government on the introduction of a new contract. Martin Wall, Industry Correspondent, reports.For the past several weeks members of the Irish Hospital Consultants' Association (IHCA) have been refusing to participate in hospital and national committees and have been boycotting some administrative duties as part of a row over the Government's decision to advertise without agreement new posts on revised contracts.