It reminds me of the Irish listening tests we did in the LC. You’d always get the really strong regional accents, just to f**k up your chances even moreI thought it was just me who didn't like her Irish, but could never figure out why. I'm also from Munster! I think it's great she makes an effort to speak it with her kids but it always sounds very rough or something to me. And I'm not an Irish snob at all, is fearr Gaeilge bhriste ná Béarla cliste after all
Personally PERSONALLY (don’t kill me!) I could never leave a baby as young as her little girl is. Whatever about at the boys ages. That first year or 2 is worth more than any career development for me anyway. It’s a time in their life you will never get back. Especially during the pandemic when they probably don’t have much else to keep them occupied they probably feel it more her being away. She could always have done her training 2 years down the line.
I wonder how often an opportunity to even apply for that fellowship (if that’s what it’s called) comes up though?
Admittedly I don’t know that answer to that but it seems her friend also did it so it couldn’t be too rare.
they would take people on every year I imagine. Anyways- what’s more precious, your baby or a specific fellowship? Plenty more fellowships in the sea and definitely plenty more that would be more useful for someone planning on working in Ireland where we do not have that air ambulance service.
This is her last year of training in emergency medicine. They are allowed to specialise in an area of their choice for their last year so I’d imagine this was her only opportunity to do something like this.
couldn’t agree more. I was offended when she said that you don’t bring the fact that you’re a Mammy to work. So joe or whoever could boast about his love of rugby and the fact that he plays for his local club but a female must hide the dirty secret that she has kids?! That’s not feminism, that’s anti- feminism. She also said she worked alongside people in the UK for 4 months before they realised That she had kids (not to mention a young toddler) back home in Ireland. If I was her child hearing that I’d be so hurt. You’d need to be so callous to be proud of that!
Deferrals and career breaks are acceptable and the emergency dept in Ireland would have been delighted to keep her this year especially with the staff shortages due to the pandemic.
I wasn’t throwing shade at your post, btw. It was merely me thinking aloud.
Oh I get that completely l, I didn’t think you were. But like most things in life there’s more than one way to skin a cat. I’d be very surprised if there was no way for her to postpone this phase of her training for a period. Like what if she was unexpectedly pregnant or ill when she was supposed to be doing it. It’s definitely a choice I wouldn’t make as a mom. The crying I did when I had to go back to work from maternity leave and I was going to be home every evening
I know I couldn’t cope with it.Yea I remember she said that on a live !
I thought Bernard had a vasectomy last year? He's most likely on strong treatment for the arthritis and conceiving a child would not be an option.
She’s definitely home she’s gone a month - anyone giving her sainthood or free pass, her silence speaks volumes. I actually think her account is too much. Maybe bcos I’m not in the medical field I don’t get all the tutorials on stuff to make her show off her intelligence
I missed whatever people were saying about the air ambulance, did you see what was said? She seemed fairly pissed off anyway, gave us all a mini lecture
