“Forcing student nurses to work full shifts is ‘tantamount to slavery’, Minister of State for European Affairs Thomas Byrne has said. The Government has been widely criticised in recent weeks for not providing student nurses with full pay for their work. A review is underway of allowances for all student nurses, and for the payment of final year students, and Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said he is certain allowances will increase when the review is completed by the end of the year …” (more)
[Colin Gleeson, Irish Times, 13 December]