Reilly to get fake boarding passes

More than 800 junior doctors have sent Health Minister James Reilly fake airline boarding passes, claiming cutbacks mean emigration is the only option they have left.

Reilly to get fake boarding passes

The union-organised campaign has been set up in a bid to highlight the impact of ongoing austerity-based policies on those working in the system.

Since early October, the Irish Medical Organisation has been asking Ireland’s 4,600 junior doctors to send boarding pass letters with the slogan, “Dear Minister, leaving on a jet plane, don’t think I’ll be back again” to Dr Reilly, a former IMO president.

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