Nurses spoilt for choice at jobs fair

The HSE is facing stiff competition from Britain’s health service to recruit nurses and entice Irish health workers who are abroad to return home to take up jobs.

The HSE is offering Irish health workers abroad a free flight and tax-free relocation expenses of €1,500 with a starting salary of €27,000 for a 39-hour week.

However, according to the organisers of a recruitment fair, British hospitals are already offering better overall packages.