A view of the “war” from afar

A 2013 article in this journal outlined the data describing the reasons for the exodus of doctors from Irish shores. This article is intended to be a disruptive and honest, but not unduly critical, personal reflection on the enormous challenges facing the physician workforce in Ireland. Astonishingly, Ireland continues to train outstanding doctors in the harshest of environments, but I fear that, for Irish people, those days are numbered.