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INMO Says Graduate Nurses, Midwives Not Being Offered Contracts Amid Budgetary Issues

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It says they have no option but to emigrate

The INMO says graduate nurses and midwives are being left with no option but to emigrate as they are not being offered contracts here.

The union says a number of its members have not yet been offered permanent positions due to budgetary issues.

This is despite hospital vacancies in places like Letterkenny, Galway and Sligo.

It's calling on the HSE to intervene, and says failure to offer graduates a contract is in breech of national employment commitments.

Phil Ní Sheaghdha, General Secretary of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, says Irish graduates are desirable internationally:

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