Why has Ireland lost so many doctors and nurses?
The recruitment embargo introduced by the HSE in 2009 meant there were absolutely no staff jobs in the health service for the 1,500 nurses and 727 doctors graduating each year. This coincided with...
View ArticleSalaries to rise by up to 5% as economy turns, survey finds
The State’s economic turnaround is expected to translate into salary rises of 2-5 per cent on average across all sectors this year, and even up to 10 per cent in the IT sector where there is a notable...
View ArticleWill Irish emigrants come home?
The sight of thousands of people lining up outside the Working Abroad Expo at the RDS in Dublin in 2012 has become a defining image of the recession. The biannual recruitment fairs, which used to sell...
View ArticleMore jobs not having expected impact on migration figures
When the Government published its first diaspora policy in March this year, encouraging emigrants who had left the country in their droves to return was at the centre of the launch. Taoiseach Enda...
View ArticleFears of brain drain as places on GP training scheme unfilled
Fears of a brain drain of doctors have grown after the national scheme for training GPs failed to fill all available places this year for the first time ever. In a further sign of doctors’ growing...
View ArticleOne in four graduates who found work had emigrated
Strong evidence of a brain drain has emerged from a survey of Irish graduates showing new entrants to healthcare and teaching are especially likely to emigrate. Almost one in four graduates from...
View Article9 out of 10 Irish Medical Students Consider Leaving Ireland when they Qualify...
(Source: National University of Ireland, Galway) Pishoy Gouda, a final year medical student at NUI Galway, was the principal investigator of this study. Photo by Aengus McMahon. Repro free. Report on...
View ArticleOne in six Irish-born people now live abroad
More than one in six Irish-born people are now living abroad, the highest share of any country in the OECD. New analysis from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development shows 17.5 per...
View ArticleSurvey shows rise in number of young doctors emigrating
Emigration among younger doctors increased sharply last year, according to a Medical Council report. The finding of a 23 per cent increase in the “exit rate” among younger graduates of Irish medical...
View ArticleWarning that free GP care will increase waits for most patients
Most patients will have to wait days to see their doctor if free GP care for under-sixes is introduced, a new survey among general practitioners indicates. Only half of the doctors surveyed say they...
View ArticleTraining posts closed to many foreign doctors working here
Ireland’s reliance on international medical graduates is among the highest of the OECD countries: 34 per cent of doctors working in Ireland were trained overseas. Many of these foreign doctors are...
View ArticleSurvey shows one-in-four young doctors emigrating
Emigration among younger doctors increased sharply last year, according to a Medical Council report. The finding of a 23 per cent increase in the “exit rate” among younger graduates of Irish medical...
View ArticleSurvey shows one-in-five young doctors emigrating
Emigration among younger doctors increased sharply last year, according to a Medical Council report. The finding of a 23 per cent increase in the “exit rate” among younger graduates of Irish medical...
View ArticleIrish health service most reliant on foreign-trained doctors
The number of doctors registered with the Medical Council has reached an all-time high of over 19,000, according to a new report. Yet the Irish health service depends on foreign-trained doctors to a...
View ArticleIrish health service most dependent on foreign-trained doctors
The number of doctors registered with the Medical Council has reached an all-time high of over 19,000, according to a new report. Yet the Irish health service depends on foreign-trained doctors to a...
View ArticleJust 25% of GP trainees plan to stay in Ireland after graduation
Ireland is facing a “GP famine” as more and more family doctors consider emigrating for financial reasons, a new study indicates. Just one in four recently qualified GPs or trainees surveyed by the...
View ArticleJust 25% of GP trainees plan to stay in Ireland after graduating
Ireland is facing a “GP famine” as more and more family doctors consider emigrating for financial reasons, a new study indicates. Just one in four recently qualified GPs or trainees surveyed by the...
View ArticleOne-third of GP trainees plan to work here, report finds
Only one-third of current GP trainees definitely plan to stay in Ireland after qualifying, according to a new report. One in seven say they will definitely emigrate, with financial prospects cited as...
View ArticleEmbedded abroad: How the Irish emigrant is settling
Sarah’s story “I’ll come home in a couple of weeks if I don’t like it,” Sarah Flynn told her father as she boarded a plane to Vancouver with a one-way ticket. That was in September 2009. Having lost...
View ArticleEmigrating Irish still outnumber those returning
Far more Irish people are still emigrating than moving home, despite the substantial rise in the number of returning emigrants last year. As the Central Statistics Office (CSO) revealed yesterday that...
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