Book review: ‘I looked on it as an adventure, I’d never been anywhere’

The British National Health Service carried out a targeted recruitment process throughout Ireland for nurses which began in the 1940s

Bernie Naughton and nursing students in 1966 are featured in 'Irish Nurses in the NHS: An Oral History' by Louise Ryan, Gráinne McPolin and Neha Doshi.

• Irish Nurses in the NHS: an oral history 
• Louise Ryan, Grainne McPolin and Neha Doshi 
• Four Courts Press, €17.95