New figures reveal hospital consultant hiring crisis
No suitable applicants for one quarter of consultant posts in 2015
One in four consultant posts advertised last year failed to attract a single suitable applicant, new figures show.
A total of 148 consultant posts in HSE-run hospitals and facilities were advertised in 2015, according to official figures.
There were no applicants for 20 posts advertised, while there were no suitable applicants for a further 14 posts, according to figures obtained by this newspaper.
In addition, there were five competitions where the only applicant ...