Student nurses in their fourth-year internship are to get a 12.5% pay increase.
The timescale of a separate €100 weekly placement grant will also be extended, with the total cost expected to be six million euro annually.
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The proposals follow on from a review of payments and allowances commissioned by the Health Minister last year.
It comes as student nurses get set to hold a demonstration in Dublin later, over a delay in publishing the report.
They’re not the only group protesting today – see here
