In 1998, the Labour Court recommended that Brothers of Charity Services pay six nurses a night duty allowance retrospectively from September 1996. The recommendation was signed on 3 April 1998. The Irish Nurses Organisation sought payment back to 1994, when the twilight shift began, arguing that part-time nurses should receive the same premium as full-time nurses. Brothers of Charity Services said it could not afford the retrospective cost and had agreed to apply the premium from 1 April 1997. The Court recommended payment from September 1996.