Irish doctors' hours a breach of EU law, ECJ judge says

Ireland is in breach of an EU directive on working hours for junior doctors, a legal opinion published by the European Court of Justice has said.

Irish doctors' hours a breach of EU law, ECJ judge says

Ireland is in breach of an EU directive on working hours for junior doctors, a legal opinion published by the European Court of Justice has said.

In the legal opinion, the Advocate General found that by excluding the training hours for non-consultant hospital doctors from "working time", Ireland was in breach of the directive.

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