Multimedia Journalist A steep learning curve and a mix of emotions . That s how graduate nurses and junior doctors have been describing their first year of work during a major health crisis.
Last year the HSE increased the number of doctors it recruited to over 1,100 and for them to start work in hospitals several months early. At the same time in emergency departments, intensive care units and trauma wards, hundreds of nurses were only starting out in their first year, and having to adapt their training to new work practices.
David Fitzgerald, a graduate nurse in Cork describes the additional pressures on new recruits during the pandemic as a tough process .
Creggan area where the shootings took place
Foyle SDLP MP Colum Eastwood (right) condemned both attacks, with the latest also resulting in a car being set on fire, saying: The people of Derry do not want this. They (New IRA) must stop terrorising our community now.
PSNI Detective Sergeant Gavin McLaughlin added: This barbaric shooting in a residential area bears all the hallmarks of a paramilitary-style assault. Those responsible for this criminal act do not represent the interests of this community, nor do they contribute anything to it.
Prominent hardline republicans including Davy Jordan, Damien DD McLaughlin and Kevin Barry Murphy are facing charges of directing terrorism having been allegedly recorded at secret summits by MI5 agent Dennis McFadden. Mellon avoided being caught as he never attended the meetings but double-agent McFadden s infiltration of the New IRA wrecked havoc on its Derry unit.