Latest: Less than a third of nursing graduates offered contracts by HSE

LATEST: Just 29.8% of final year nursing students have been offered contracts by the HSE, a survey by the INMO has found.

Update 12.30pm: Just 29.8% of final year nursing students have been offered contracts by the HSE, a survey by the INMO has found.

Of those, only 16.25% had been offered permanent contracts in Ireland at the time of survey while 58.92% were considering moving to the private sector in Ireland;