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Thu 01 Jan 2007Healthcare professions attract a growing proportionCollege Choice:Figures recently released by the Higher Education Authority show that healthcare professions continue to attract a growing proportion of applicants, far more than there are places available. It is not an exaggeration to say that a high proportion of the 2,500 students who repeated the Leaving Certificate in 2006 did so in an attempt to secure a place in a medical or paramedical degree programme.Fottrell report