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The Journal
3 days ago
- Health
- The Journal
One in four Irish doctors working over 48 hours a week, as hundreds left to work abroad in 2024
A QUARTER OF Irish doctors are working in excess of 48 hours a week, a report from the Irish Medical Council has found, while over 1000 voluntarily withdrew from the register last year, with most going to work abroad. Of the doctors who were working over 48 hours a week in 2024, just under half reported that they were working in direct patient care for over 48 hours a week. A quarter also said they have found it difficult to provide a patient with proper care at least once a week. The report from the Medical Council, published today, found that the Irish medical workforce is increasingly made up of doctors who obtained qualifications internationally, yet doctors from abroad are in some cases finding difficulty securing jobs here. The council found that there were only 20,962 practising doctors in the Republic in 2024, despite there being over 30,000 doctors on the medical register. The Medical Council has said that the findings highlight an 'urgent' need for strategic, sustainable investment in training, recruitment, and retention.' The study also found that 27.8% of Ireland's 20,962 clinically active doctors working in the Republic have an international qualification (meaning that they trained outside of Ireland, the EU, and the UK). Most of the internationally trained doctors got their qualifications in Pakistan (39.7%) follows by Sudan (21.3%). 1025 doctors voluntarily withdrew from theregister last year, with over 600 leaving to practice in another country. Advertisement Of that cohort, 352 obtained their qualifications in Ireland, whereas 172 trained in the EU of the UK, and 501 were international graduates from other countries. The majority who withdrew were general doctors, while 255 were specialists and 29 were trainee specialists. 149 doctors withdrew from the register because they wanted to stop practising medicine altogether. Many doctors reported travelling to the UK to obtain their specialist training there, with one doctor saying there is 'no career progression' in Ireland. Several international doctors reported difficulties in finding employment once they had come to Ireland and registered with the council here. Another said: 'I had been waiting to get a job in Ireland for the past 1.5 years, however I failed to secure a job or even land an interview. Other doctors discussed their experiences of deciding to move abroad for work. 'Pay is low, specialty understaffed, hours too long, I am burnt out. I have moved to Australia,' one doctor said. The report found that 12.9% of doctors said they are likely to consider reducing their hours in clinical practice. Jantze Cotter of the Medical Council said that retaining doctors in Ireland 'remains a challenge', and that doctors are in some cases working excessive hours, which can have a real impact on patient outcomes. Cotter said that working hours beyond what is set out as the limit by the European Working Time Directive contributes to 'stress, burnout and absenteeism'. Readers like you are keeping these stories free for everyone... A mix of advertising and supporting contributions helps keep paywalls away from valuable information like this article. Over 5,000 readers like you have already stepped up and support us with a monthly payment or a once-off donation. Learn More Support The Journal
Chicago Tribune
22-07-2025
- Health
- Chicago Tribune
East Dundee OKs spending $508,000 to remove lead water lines
East Dundee plans to spend more than a half million dollars this year removing lead service lines that bring water into village homes and businesses. The $508,000 earmarked for the first year of the Lead Service Line Replacement project will pay for the removal of pipes leading to 36 of the 300 properties known to have lead service lines, said Phil Cotter, director of public works. A service line is one that connects a home or business to the village's water main line below the street. Communities throughout the country have been mandated to replace the lines by the state and federal Environmental Protection agencies by 2037. While the pipes are typically safe because calcification encases the lead, the substance can be released into the water when the pipes are disrupted, experts say. Lead has not been detected in East Dundee's drinking water. However, the potential for water contamination is dangerous because of the physical harm it can cause if consumed. The greatest risk is to children because it can damage the brain and nervous system, leading to slow growth and development and learning and behavior problems, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This week, the East Dundee Village Board voted to waive bidding requirements and award the service line removal contract to IHC Construction Cos. based on competitive bids obtained this year by West Dundee, Cotter said. Typically the village would seek its own bids but since East Dundee is only doing 36 removals this year, it made sense to go with what West Dundee had already received, he said. IHC Construction's unit price is within the average cost to replace lead service lines, which is between $12,000 and $15,000, Cotter said. West Dundee is replacing 224 lead service lines. IHC is one of two companies that bid for its project and was the lowest bidder. IHC is an Elgin-based firm that has done the same work in Elgin, Cary, Glen Ellyn and Oak Park, Cotter said. East Dundee has hired Baxter & Woodman Consulting Engineers to oversee the project. Cotter said the village submitted its replacement project plans to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and plans to start work this year. The work will be paid for with $500,000 earmarked in the village's water and sewer operating budget for 2025. East Dundee also increased its water rate by 10% and its sewer rate by 3% this year to pay for line removal work, he said. They're hoping to secure state or federal funding or loans as the program continues, Cotter said. This year's funding will cover line removal for: IHC will do the work ahead of upcoming street improvement projects to be done in those areas, Cotter said.
The Irish Sun
13-07-2025
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
EFL star sparks furious brawl and chased by opponents after ‘one of the worst tackles you'll ever see in a friendly'
NOTTS COUNTY'S Barry Cotter was shown a straight red card for one of "the worst challenges you'll ever see in a friendly". The tackle was so bad it sparked a furious brawl and chaotic scenes as tempers boiled over in Germany . 3 The game had to be stopped after the reckless challenge Credit: 3 Barry Cotter had to be ushered away by his own team-mates after the challenge Credit: 3 Players from both sides quickly got involved in the melee Credit: The EFL defender completely lost his head midway through the first half of the pre-season clash against Bundesliga 2 outfit FC Kaiserslautern. With his side already trailing 3-0 inside ten calamitous minutes, Cotter threw in a brutal kick to the ankle of a Kaiserslautern winger from behind, after being beaten by a brilliant change of pace. The reckless challenge sent the home side into uproar, prompting several players to chase Cotter down the pitch. Players from both sides clashed in the aftermath, with Kaiserslautern stars having to be restrained as Cotter was ushered away by team-mates before the referee pulled out a straight red card. READ MORE FOOTBALL NEWS The incident appeared to stem from frustration after Matt Palmer was bundled over moments earlier, only for the referee to wave play on. Seconds later, Cotter lost control and the result was a shocking tackle that would've looked bad in a league game, let alone a friendly. Fans took to social media to express their concern once the footage was shared online. One wrote: 'This tackle by Notts County's Barry Cotter is one of the worst you'll ever see in a friendly match.' Most read in EFL BEST ONLINE CASINOS - TOP SITES IN THE UK However, another saw the funny side, saying: 'Why is that even a red? It's a yellow at most for a tactical foul.' While a third commented: 'Done it on purpose because he got mugged off.' Bizarre moment EFL manager carried into press conference onboard lion at Indonesian pre-season tour It capped off a miserable night for the EFL side, who were blown away by the German hosts inside the opening ten minutes. Three rapid-fire goals left the visitors shell-shocked, with Kaiserslautern slicing through their defence with ease. Down to ten men for over an hour, Paterson's men dug in and limited the damage but a second-half set-piece goal sealed a bruising 4-0 defeat.
1News
30-06-2025
- Entertainment
- 1News
Māori spirituality is part of family life in new TV show
A Māori family returns to a small North Island town after living in London in the bilingual and slightly supernatural TV show Dead Ahead. Writer and co-creator Scotty Cotter (Tainui, Fiji, Scottish) hopes the show will deliver plenty of laughs and also some insight into the Māori belief that our tūpuna (ancestors) walk "right next to us". "It's not seeing them, but having a sense of them there - that is what I really wanted to touch on - keeping them near us and keeping us connected with them," he tells Saturday Morning. Scotty Cotter as school principal Matua Kare in the new TVNZ+ series Dead Ahead. (Source: Supplied) Dead Ahead - launched on TVNZ+ - centres on the Wharekoa family; high-powered lawyer Kiri (Miriama Smith), her husband Matiu (Xavier Horan) and their kids Amiria (Mia Van Oyen) and Nate (Elijah Tamati). ADVERTISEMENT Cotter says he thought it would be hard finding a Māori boy with an English accent, but then Elijah Tamati - whose whanau also lived in London- walked into the room and nailed his audition. "[The kids in Dead Ahead] are just stunning. The future is bright with these two." Elijah Tamati as Nate in the TVNZ+ series Dead Ahead. (Source: Supplied) While it's a scary thing to write a TV show, Cotter says it was also really exciting to create a set of Māori characters with "all our flaws and our beauty and our crack-up-isms". "I wanted to create Māori characters who break the stereotypical mould, but also have authenticity." Starting out as a teen actor, Cotter's first introduction to New Zealand television was on the Māori learning programme Whānau, where he found a Māori woman "running the show". That was the late actor and director Nancy Brunning who became Cotter's friend and mentor. ADVERTISEMENT "I really felt her in the writing of [Dead Ahead], and I really felt her pushing me and guiding us." Nancy Brunning at the 66th Berlinale International Film Festival Berlin in 2016 (Source: AFP) Performing in te reo Māori plays with Brunning as a younger man, Cotter says he discovered the wairua (spirit) of words. "There's wairua in kupu (Māori words) - how we say it, how we feel it. It's not just blurting words out. You've got to put it in, feel it, hold it." Still on "that hikoi journey" of learning te reo, Cotter now studies online via Te Wānanga o Aotearoa. He hopes Dead Ahead will "gently introduce" te reo words and phrases to viewers who may not know them. "By the end of the season, hopefully they can understand and use kupu and te reo Māori in their everyday life." ADVERTISEMENT In the show, he attempts to show a "less Disneyfied" picture of Māori spirituality, including the role of kēhua (ghosts), which he sensed after his grandmother died. "The sense of not seeing tūpuna but having a sense of them there is what I really wanted to touch on. "It's my gentle way of showing people how we whakanoa [remove tapu from] ourselves." Fun fact: Saturday Morning presenter Mihi Forbes was Scotty Cotter's inspiration for the Dead Ahead character Meremereana (Kura Forrester) - an award-winning journalist who "just knows what's up". Dead Ahead was made with the support of NZ On Air and Te Māngai Pāho. Watch it on TVNZ+
The Advertiser
19-06-2025
- Sport
- The Advertiser
'I wasn't eye-gouged by Luai in Origin,' says Cotter
Queensland forward Reuben Cotter says he was not eye-gouged by Jarome Luai in State of Origin II, insistent he was just reacting to a shoulder from the NSW star. Luai was on Wednesday night hit with a grade-two contrary conduct charge for unnecessary contact with Cotter's face in a tackle during NSW's 26-24 loss in Perth. The charge came after Queensland fullback Kalyn Ponga appeared to accuse Luai of a gouge in the lead up to a first-half scuffle between the teams. After Payne Haas dropped a ball and Cotter dived on it, Luai drove into the Maroons second-rower on the ground. His hand appeared to make contact with Cotter's face as the pair pushed each other off, before Ponga made a raking motion to sideline officials. Luai was placed on report, but cleared of a gouge by the NRL match review committee and instead hit with a $3900 fine - 13 per cent of his match fee. Afterwards, Cotter said he had no issue with the hand on his face. "I didn't get eye gouged at all," Cotter told AAP. "He just came in with his elbow or his shoulder, I'm not sure what he came in with. "I just stood up for myself, tried to push him off me." Cotter was sporting a heavy lump to his eye in the Maroons sheds after, but said that came from a clash with Liam Martin late in the game. Benji Marshall, Luai's coach at Wests Tigers, was initially concerned the contact with Cotter could have rubbed his co-captain out of Friday's clash with Canberra. "I was (worried) but I don't have to worry anymore. He got a fine so he'll be right to play," Marshall said. "I don't think it was intentional what he did. Anyway, that's not up to me anymore. That's been dealt with." Luai contacted Marshall after full-time to say he would be fine to face the Raiders as the Tigers fight to avoid a five-game losing streak. But the 28-year-old will need to be cleared by Tigers staff after the Blues land in Sydney at approximately 6pm on Thursday. "I'll tell you exactly the conversation. I said 'How'd you pull up?' and he goes, 'I'm good to go, coach, put me in'," Marshall said. "You've got to trust your senior players but at the same time, we'll get a medical done on him tonight when he gets back, massage, and see how he pulls up tomorrow. "We've got back-up options if he doesn't play and we've prepared all week like he's not going to play. If he does play, it's a bonus." Queensland forward Reuben Cotter says he was not eye-gouged by Jarome Luai in State of Origin II, insistent he was just reacting to a shoulder from the NSW star. Luai was on Wednesday night hit with a grade-two contrary conduct charge for unnecessary contact with Cotter's face in a tackle during NSW's 26-24 loss in Perth. The charge came after Queensland fullback Kalyn Ponga appeared to accuse Luai of a gouge in the lead up to a first-half scuffle between the teams. After Payne Haas dropped a ball and Cotter dived on it, Luai drove into the Maroons second-rower on the ground. His hand appeared to make contact with Cotter's face as the pair pushed each other off, before Ponga made a raking motion to sideline officials. Luai was placed on report, but cleared of a gouge by the NRL match review committee and instead hit with a $3900 fine - 13 per cent of his match fee. Afterwards, Cotter said he had no issue with the hand on his face. "I didn't get eye gouged at all," Cotter told AAP. "He just came in with his elbow or his shoulder, I'm not sure what he came in with. "I just stood up for myself, tried to push him off me." Cotter was sporting a heavy lump to his eye in the Maroons sheds after, but said that came from a clash with Liam Martin late in the game. Benji Marshall, Luai's coach at Wests Tigers, was initially concerned the contact with Cotter could have rubbed his co-captain out of Friday's clash with Canberra. "I was (worried) but I don't have to worry anymore. He got a fine so he'll be right to play," Marshall said. "I don't think it was intentional what he did. Anyway, that's not up to me anymore. That's been dealt with." Luai contacted Marshall after full-time to say he would be fine to face the Raiders as the Tigers fight to avoid a five-game losing streak. But the 28-year-old will need to be cleared by Tigers staff after the Blues land in Sydney at approximately 6pm on Thursday. "I'll tell you exactly the conversation. I said 'How'd you pull up?' and he goes, 'I'm good to go, coach, put me in'," Marshall said. "You've got to trust your senior players but at the same time, we'll get a medical done on him tonight when he gets back, massage, and see how he pulls up tomorrow. "We've got back-up options if he doesn't play and we've prepared all week like he's not going to play. If he does play, it's a bonus." Queensland forward Reuben Cotter says he was not eye-gouged by Jarome Luai in State of Origin II, insistent he was just reacting to a shoulder from the NSW star. Luai was on Wednesday night hit with a grade-two contrary conduct charge for unnecessary contact with Cotter's face in a tackle during NSW's 26-24 loss in Perth. The charge came after Queensland fullback Kalyn Ponga appeared to accuse Luai of a gouge in the lead up to a first-half scuffle between the teams. After Payne Haas dropped a ball and Cotter dived on it, Luai drove into the Maroons second-rower on the ground. His hand appeared to make contact with Cotter's face as the pair pushed each other off, before Ponga made a raking motion to sideline officials. Luai was placed on report, but cleared of a gouge by the NRL match review committee and instead hit with a $3900 fine - 13 per cent of his match fee. Afterwards, Cotter said he had no issue with the hand on his face. "I didn't get eye gouged at all," Cotter told AAP. "He just came in with his elbow or his shoulder, I'm not sure what he came in with. "I just stood up for myself, tried to push him off me." Cotter was sporting a heavy lump to his eye in the Maroons sheds after, but said that came from a clash with Liam Martin late in the game. Benji Marshall, Luai's coach at Wests Tigers, was initially concerned the contact with Cotter could have rubbed his co-captain out of Friday's clash with Canberra. "I was (worried) but I don't have to worry anymore. He got a fine so he'll be right to play," Marshall said. "I don't think it was intentional what he did. Anyway, that's not up to me anymore. That's been dealt with." Luai contacted Marshall after full-time to say he would be fine to face the Raiders as the Tigers fight to avoid a five-game losing streak. But the 28-year-old will need to be cleared by Tigers staff after the Blues land in Sydney at approximately 6pm on Thursday. "I'll tell you exactly the conversation. I said 'How'd you pull up?' and he goes, 'I'm good to go, coach, put me in'," Marshall said. "You've got to trust your senior players but at the same time, we'll get a medical done on him tonight when he gets back, massage, and see how he pulls up tomorrow. "We've got back-up options if he doesn't play and we've prepared all week like he's not going to play. If he does play, it's a bonus."
