Nurses who qualified between 2011 and 2015 are to get a pay rise from January.
Around 4,000 nurses will be entitled to the extra 1,000 euro from the 1st of January.
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Some qualified nurses who went abroad for better pay will be entitled to the incremental credit if they return to work in the health service.
Minister Simon Harris hopes it's a start in making it attractive for graduate nurses to stay and work in Ireland