Born: January 4th, 1957
Died: April 1st, 2026
It was probably his friend and colleague of many years Liam Doran who put it best in a tribute to the late trade unionist David Hughes. “Dave was everything you could hope for in a friend and a colleague, a guiding light,” said Doran. He was “a gentleman, an absolute and utter gentleman who touched gently on the souls of everyone he met. He was also the best trade union intellect in this country of his generation”.
Both had led the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) for decades, Doran as general secretary, Hughes as deputy general secretary.
“The INMO could not have attempted to do and achieve what it did over those 20 years without the brains and the intellect, the loyalty and the solidarity that Dave Hughes showed to me.”
