Medical graduate school opens in Limerick

THE country’s first standalone graduate medical school at the University of Limerick opened its doors to 32 late-vocation-aspiring doctors this week.

The four-year medical programme was open to graduates with an honours degree in any discipline.

Those who arrived for the first of their classes have undergraduate degrees in areas as diverse as mechanical engineering, law, English and French. All of the students are from Ireland, bar one who is from Canada.