Complex sentence: Ireland began targeting the Philippines for recruitment of nurses in the late 1990s; by 2006,3,831 Filipinos worked as nurses in Ireland, making them the largest group of foreign nurses, roughly one-fifth larger than Indians, the next largest group.
Split into simpler sentences: Ireland began targeting the Philippines for recruitment of nurses in the late 1990s. By 2006,3,831 Filipinos worked as nurses in Ireland, making them the largest group of foreign nurses, roughly one-fifth larger than Indians, the next largest group.