Maurice O’Callaghan evokes very well the hardship faced by student nurses (Irish Examiner Letters, ‘Who wouldn’t pay student nurses?’, December 8).
Like Mr O’Callaghan, I also read with dismay that the Government has decided against payment to the student nurses working in hospitals in the front line of the current pandemic, at considerable cost to their own health, well-being and future.
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