The Irish Medical Organisation has reaffirmed its opposition to Croke Park II, but said industrial action as an option would be a last resort.

Health service bosses are putting patients at grave risk by forcing exhausted junior doctors to work “dangerous and illegal” shifts lasting up to 100 hours a week.

ALMOST one-third of non-consultant hospital doctors (NCHDs) would not choose medicine again if they had a choice.

IRELAND has been told by the European Commission (EC) to end the scandal of forcing junior hospital doctors to work 36-hour shifts.

Irish hospitals face a shortage of doctors because new visa arrangements are deterring non-EU doctors from coming to Ireland, the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) has warned.