Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP)

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Dr Brendan Gilmartin enjoys his life as a GP in the Midlands of Ireland.

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Dr Denis O'Donovan describes why he left the city for a rural GP practice in west Cork, Ireland.

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Dr Cliodhna Ni Mhurchu is an Irish-speaking GP in Galway.

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Dr Padraic McCarthy combines Research with his General Practitioner role in Cork, Ireland.

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Dr Meera Kugadas explains why she chose General Practice as a career in Ireland.

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Dr Cathy Cullen, Director of GP Training, describes the training process for Irish general practice.

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Dr Pramod Argarwal enjoys running his own Practice.

The career of General Practice is an attractive one for doctors who wish to be their own boss, and Dr Pramod Argarwal combines a growing practice in the west Dublin suburb of Lucan with a teaching role. He enjoys the continuity of care with his patients from his local community, and the wide diversity of his patients.
To find out more about becoming a GP in Ireland, got to www.beagp.com and www.IrishCollegeofGPs.com
The Irish College of GPs has opened applications for the 2025 round on 7th October 2024, and this closes on 21st October.

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Dr Brendan Gilmartin enjoys his life as a GP in the Midlands of Ireland.

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Dr Brendan Gilmartin enjoys his life as a GP in the Midlands of Ireland.

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In his final year of training, Dr Brendan Gilmartin has achieved a strong work-life balance, and a wide range of clinical experience, in his practice in Tullamore, Co Offaly, a town in the Midlands of Ireland. Proximity to local hospitals and within reach of regional tertiary hospitals means GPs have a choice of where to send patients should they need to. But it is the opportunity to practice h...

Dr Denis O'Donovan describes why he left the city for a rural GP practice in west Cork, Ireland.

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Dr Denis O'Donovan describes why he left the city for a rural GP practice in west Cork, Ireland.

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Living in West Cork is a special experience, and Dr Denis O'Donovan returned to his roots to work in an impressive primary care centre in the small tourist town of Schull, in West Cork, seeking a better work-life balance and a family-centred life. He describes that decision, and the benefits of being a rural-based GP, at a time of big demand for GPs in rural Ireland with a wide choice of areas ...

Dr Cliodhna Ni Mhurchu is an Irish-speaking GP in Galway.

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Dr Cliodhna Ni Mhurchu is an Irish-speaking GP in Galway.

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Galway city in the west of Ireland is close to Ireland's largest Gaeltacht region, where Irish is the first language of a significant part of the population. Dr Clíodhna Ní Mhurchú describes the benefits of being an Irish-speaking GP for her patients, as she finishes her training in a Galway city centre practice. Being a GP brings variety, flexibility and broad career choices in Ireland, where ...

Dr Padraic McCarthy combines Research with his General Practitioner role in Cork, Ireland.

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Dr Padraic McCarthy combines Research with his General Practitioner role in Cork, Ireland.

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Being a General Practitioner in Ireland offers you many choices in your career. You can be a partner, a practice owner, an employee, and also combine research and general practice. Dr Padraic McCarthy combines part-time frontline general practice with time as a researcher with the Irish College of GPs. He is based in Cork city, and enjoys the flexibility and choice that his career has brought h...

Dr Meera Kugadas explains why she chose General Practice as a career in Ireland.

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Dr Meera Kugadas explains why she chose General Practice as a career in Ireland.

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Dr Meera Kugadas was raised and educated in Canada, and chose to come to Dublin to become a doctor in Ireland. She chose General Practice as a career in Ireland over a hospital-based career because it brought her closer to her patients, and to the community she served. She loves being a GP in Ireland, a country that welcomes diversity, enables you to specialise and shape the career you want. It...

Dr Cathy Cullen, Director of GP Training, describes the training process for Irish general practice.

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Dr Cathy Cullen, Director of GP Training, describes the training process for Irish general practice.

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Dr Cathy Cullen, the National Director of GP Training with the Irish College of GPs, describes the process for applying and training to become a General Practitioner in Ireland. It's a 4-year programme, and applications are open for the 2025 intake from 7th October 2024 until 21st October 2024. Please go to www.beagp.com or www.IrishCollegeofGPs.ie for details of how to apply. #BEaGP

Dr Anna Linnane describes the benefits of being a GP in rural Ireland.

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Dr Anna Linnane describes the benefits of being a GP in rural Ireland.

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Being a GP in rural Ireland is a special experience. Dr Anna Linnane works as a GP in Ballyvaughan, in Co Clare, on Ireland's west coast. She is raising her children in a scenic family-centred community, one far from the city in Poland where she grew up. Dr Linnane describes her life and her work, and the benefits of being a rural General Practitioner in Ireland. Applications for the 2025 intak...

GPs and GP trainees describe why they chose General Practice as their career in Ireland.

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GPs and GP trainees describe why they chose General Practice as their career in Ireland.

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Interested in becoming a GP in Ireland? Applications open 7th October and close 21st October for the 2025 intake of GP trainees. The Irish College of GPs is the official training body for GPs in Ireland. Details at www.beagp.com and www.IrishCollegeofGPs.ie #beagp

#BEaGP for a family-friendly life and a myriad of choices

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#BEaGP for a family-friendly life and a myriad of choices

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Dr Ronan O'Connell combines his time as a part-time GP in Freshford, Co Kilkenny, as Regional Director of GP training, and spending time with his young family. He returned to Ireland with his young family from the UK to enjoy a family-centred life, working in the community with a small team. Dr O'Connell describes the advantages of being a GP in Ireland, at a time Government investment in prima...

#BEaGP Learn about the changes to the 2024 GP Application Process

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#BEaGP Learn about the changes to the 2024 GP Application Process

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To become a GP in Ireland, medical graduates apply for the 4-year GP Training Programme run by the Irish College of General Practitioners. For the 2024 intake, there are some changes this year to the application process. It will be in 2 parts, and opening on 2nd October next. Dr Ronan O'Connell is a Regional Training Director with the Irish College of General Practitioners, and he explains the ...

#BEaGP From Malaysia to Ireland has been a happy journey

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#BEaGP From Malaysia to Ireland has been a happy journey

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Dr Kandan Loganathan is a GP in the Hilltop Medical Practice in Drogheda, north of Dublin in Ireland. Originally planning to study in the UK, his friends convinced him to come to Galway to study medicine, and he has never looked back. He chose a career as a GP because it gives him control of his life, enables him to have a good work life balance, and he has a great team of colleagues in the pra...

z#BEaGP Dr Zoe Flood on the wide choices that urban General Practice offers.

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z#BEaGP Dr Zoe Flood on the wide choices that urban General Practice offers.

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Dr Zoe Flood has recently qualified as a General Practitioner, having trained in Dublin in the 4-year scheme that ranged from large teaching hospitals to community-based practices. She worked in Perth in Australia for 2 years before returning to her home city of Dublin to train as a GP. She loves every day in the small practice in south Dublin, and recommends general practice as a career that a...

#BEaGP Dr Owen O'Flynn on being a generalist in a rural setting.

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#BEaGP Dr Owen O'Flynn on being a generalist in a rural setting.

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As a rural GP, Dr Owen O'Flynn faces strong challenges combined with an unrivalled community of care in south west Ireland. Dr O'Flynn is in his 4th year of GP training in the Brandon Medical Centre, a small 2.5 doctor practice in the market town of Tralee in Kerry, having spent a year in the isolated scenic coastal region of Castlegregory, a long way from hospitals and healthcare facilities. H...

#BEaGP Dr Shahzad Ahmad in a rural practice in northwest Ireland

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#BEaGP Dr Shahzad Ahmad in a rural practice in northwest Ireland

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Pakistani-born doctor Shahzad Ahmad is completing his 4-year General Practice training programme in Ireland in a small primary care centre in Donegal in northwest Ireland, where diversity is commonplace in the medical community of GPs and in the local hospital in Letterkenny. He enjoys the lifestyle and friendliness of the local community, and the chance to make a difference in people's lives i...