Ireland has the third highest rate of pharmacists in the European Union.
New figures from Eurostat show that we have 118 per 100-thousand inhabitants.
The stats reveal however we are way down the European dentist league with 60 per 100-thousand while the ratio of physiotherapists here is just 55 for every 100-thousand of the population.
Ruth Deasy of the EU office in Dublin, says pharmacy appears to be a popular profession in Ireland:
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