GP trainees choosing to stay and work in Ireland, survey shows 

Cork GP Diarmuid Quinlan said more than 100 international medical graduates who qualified as GPs in their home countries have been recruited for small rural practices. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

Almost all the GP trainees who graduated between 2017 and 2022 are now working in Ireland, a survey by the Irish College of General Practitioners has found.

The survey also shows, in contrast to similar studies of young hospital doctors, just 3% of those training to be a GP intend to emigrate.