HSE will not retain extra intern posts brought in to combat Covid-19 

While all Irish medical graduates will be offered an internship under current rules, international final-year students must compete for a small number of places. Picture: Pexels

The HSE has said it will not retain the extra 300 medical intern posts put in place last year to deal with Covid-19.

In response to a campaign by graduating doctors to retain the extra intern posts, the health service said the additional posts were only introduced as an “emergency measure” and will not be retained this year.