A LEADING ADVOCACY group for migrant nurses working in Ireland has spoken out about “widespread” instances of recruitment agencies promising jobs that do not actually exist, leaving unsuspecting nurses unemployed once they arrive in Ireland. Migrant Nurses Ireland (MNI) is calling on nursing homes that hire nurses from abroad to ensure that they are working with legitimate agencies that are properly registered. In these instances of suspected visa fraud, the agencies are charging nurses up to €4,000 (and in some cases more) to come to Ireland for jobs that do not exist. Joy told The Journal how these agencies are tricking the Department of Justice and the Department of Enterprise into issuing work permits for fake job offers. Advertisement“These agencies secured genuine work offers for nurses in the past from nursing homes.