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Last year around 46% of full-time nurses in Ireland were educated abroad (stock image)

Ireland should double intake of student nurses - report

A new research paper for the Government has estimated that Ireland will need to at least double the intake of student nurses in the higher education system over about 20 years.

Ireland • 09 Sep 22

Both the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation and the Psychiatric Nurses Association overwhelmingly rejected proposals from the Public Service Pay Commission aimed at addressing recruitment and retention issues

Nursing unions to meet with HSE to avert strike action

Nursing unions will meet health service management tomorrow morning in a further bid to avert strike action over pay and staff shortages.

Ireland • 13 Nov 18

Simon Harris said the Government accepts that more needs to be done

Full-time post for every nursing grad, minister says

The Minister for Health has said he can offer every nurse graduating from Irish universities a full-time permanent post in the health service.

Health • 25 Apr 18

The INMO said the HSE is not incentivising nurses to stay in the Irish public healthcare sector

78% of student nurses and midwives plan to work abroad

A survey of nurses and midwives who are due to qualify this year has found that 78% are planning to work abroad.

News • 25 Apr 17

First preference applications for nursing has fallen by 10%

Fall in Third Level nursing, teaching CAO applications

There has been a significant drop in the number of students applying to train as nurses and teachers, according to preliminary data published by the CAO.

Education • 09 Mar 17

The decision will affect nurses who graduated between 2011 and 2015

Nurses to have pay increment restored

Nurses who graduated between 2011 and 2015 are to have pay increments restored with effect from January 2017.

News • 13 Oct 16

Agency staff are hired on a sometimes short-term contract basis to fill staff shortages and provide cover

€4m weekly agency staff bill at acute hospitals

Acute hospitals are spending nearly €4m a week on average on agency staff, according to new figures released today.

News • 12 Oct 16

Students studying primary school teaching at DCU will study at the college’s new Faculty of Education

Religion a factor in teacher and nursing training

The dominance of the churches in primary education here has led to an unusual situation at Dublin City University, writes RTÉ Education Correspondent Emma O Kelly.

News • 24 Aug 16

INMO General Secretary Liam Doran said the recently announced recruitment drive for nurses was welcome

Nursing recruitment described as 'perfect storm'

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has described the combination of nursing shortages and the backlog in processing nursing registration applications as a "perfect storm".

News • 30 Jul 15

Almost 11,000 nurses left the profession between 2010 and 2013

Almost 4,000 nurses resigned in three years

Figures obtained by RTÉ's Morning Ireland indicate the scale of the staffing crisis among nurses with almost 4,000 resigning since 2010.

News • 21 Jan 15

Liam Doran said the Government needs to know there is no further room for cuts in the health system

INMO wants staffing moratorium lifted

General Secretary of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation Liam Doran has called on the Government to lift the moratorium on staffing.

News • 07 May 14

Ireland had a patient-to-nurse ratio of 6.9 to one in 2009-10

Study links nurse workloads and patient deaths

Research conducted in nine European countries, including Ireland, has identified a link between the number of nurses employed in a hospital and patient deaths after common surgical procedures.

News • 26 Feb 14

The HSE aims to hire 1,000 nurses on pay rates 20% lower than previously available

HSE extends graduate nursing jobs deadline

The HSE is to extend the closing date for its controversial graduate nurse recruitment scheme by two weeks because the rate of applications to date has been slower than anticipated.

News • 17 Jan 13

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