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Taoiseach urges medical graduates to stay in Ireland with over 1,000 internships available

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More than 1,000 internships will be available to medical graduates in Ireland this year. This afternoon, 197 medical students from University College Cork (UCC) were conferred during an online ceremony.

The class of 2020 was addressed by the Taoiseach via video at the graduation, which was brought forward to get more doctors into the field during this pandemic.  "We need you to graduate early and start work as interns early, because there's so much work to be done," he said.

Some of the students will be starting work in hospitals and community settings next month. Mr Varadkar said that "for the first time ever", over 1,000 medical internships are available this year, meaning "pretty much everyone graduating this year" will be offered

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