Staff shortages in the nursing industry have prompted "Nurse On Call", an Irish nursing agency, to create an Internet presence targeting a wider market. www.nurseoncall.ie hopes to attract Irish and non-Irish nurses to avail of career opportunities in the Republic.

The site features information on working in Dublin, a guide to the city and its hospitals as well as taxation, travel and accommodation information. The service is available to private and public hospitals, nursing homes, industry and private clients in the Dublin area. An interactive calculator tells visitors how much they might hope to earn from various combinations of shifts. The total can then be converted into any one of 36 international currencies.