Hundreds of trainee doctor hospital posts to be shelved

Three hundred extra training places for doctors created at the start of the pandemic look set to be cancelled, leaving Irish hospitals short-staffed.

Three hundred extra training places for doctors created at the start of the pandemic look set to be cancelled, leaving Irish hospitals even more short-staffed.

Last year medical students snapped up just over 1,000 places around the country as hospitals desperately sought extra staff.