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Tony Holohan
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Former taoiseach to publish his memoirs next year in a publishing deal reportedly involving a six-figure sum
In pictures: The National Library’s new archive of life in Ireland during Covid-19 pandemic
Collection contains some 200 images taken by more than 70 press photographers across country in 2020 and 2021
Tony Holohan takes up adjunct professor role at Trinity’s school of medicine
State’s former chief medical officer also holds position of adjunct full professor of public health at UCD
Covid pandemic was Varadkar’s biggest test as Taoiseach when there were few answers
Fine Gael leader at times clashed with Nphet’s public health advice and accepts government got some calls wrong
Departure of Breda Smyth as CMO leaves Ireland exposed in the event of new medical emergency
Breda Smyth’s time as country’s top doctor focused on State’s preparedness for new pandemic while she had just one of four deputies to help
Ireland’s Covid inquiry to adopt ‘no-blame’ approach and will not be ‘UK-style’
Government indicates its intention to provide a factual account of pandemic and identify lessons learned from it
Covid-19: Inquiry into Ireland’s handling of pandemic to hear from bereaved families
Coalition wants to appoint independent chair who did not have role in managing crisis
Shape of Covid-19 inquiry begins to emerge – but will it satisfy Opposition and public?
Ministers want the inquiry to focus on learning lessons rather than finger-pointing. The public will likely expect it to shy away from neither
Tony Holohan on The Meaning of Life: Joe Duffy takes off the gloves, but he’s no Jeremy Paxman
Television review: Fascinating conversation with Joe Duffy confirms Tony Holohan to be an ordinary man caught up in extraordinary circumstances
We Need to Talk: Tony Holohan doesn’t shy away from saying when he felt let down by others
Candid tale of a man caught in the eye of that Covid storm that gives valuable insights into one of the questions most people will want answers to: what makes Tony Holohan tick
Ireland has had three books on Covid but still no inquiry. What’s going on?
The long-awaited Covid inquiry should shed light on how Holohan, Varadkar, Martin and others communicated and reached their decisions
Tony Holohan: ‘My wife was slowly dying and would be cut off from her friends and family in the last few months of her life’
The public servant who managed Ireland’s Covid crisis now occupies himself with a few part-time or honorary roles
Covid-19: Government and Nphet made mistakes during pandemic, Taoiseach says
Varadkar says he ‘went too far’ in criticism of Tony Holohan in 2020 with ‘personalised’ comments
Tony Holohan says he was unfairly treated during controversy over botched move to TCD
State’s former chief medical officer sharply critical in memoir of leaks from report into the controversial proposed move
Author of report into botched secondment of Tony Holohan to Trinity turns down committee invite
Maura Quinn tells Oireachtas finance committee she has ‘nothing further to add’ on the controversy
Tony Holohan criticises desire for simplistic solutions during Covid pandemic
‘We would all have loved to find the silver bullet ... but the reality was far more complex,’ former CMO tells conference
Robert Watt affair shows an issue can be very much in public interest even when public aren’t interested
Leo Varadkar claims the public doesn’t care about Robert Watt and his controversies, which is most convenient for the upper echelon of the Civil Service
Donnelly to be invited before committee to answer questions on Holohan appointment
Peadar Tóibín wrote to chairman that Minister be invited to give evidence on ‘glaring discrepancies’
‘A bit of contrition would have been wiser’: Robert Watt and the row that won’t go away
Tensions over Tony Holohan's planned job at TCD were laid bare during a bad-tempered week in Leinster House
Oireachtas committee to seek further hearings on botched Tony Holohan appointment after fractious Watt session
Oireachtas committee members were ‘shocked’ after a fractious session with Department of Health secretary general Robert Watt
Personal opinions of senior civil servants of ‘no relevance’, says Jim O’Callaghan
Department of Health official Robert Watt defended botched plan to appoint Tony Holohan to academic role
Robert Watt criticised by committee members after ‘muddled’ evidence
Further scrutiny of Dr Tony Holohan’s botched secondment expected
Miriam Lord: A jaw-dropping, arrogant performance from Robert Watt – the prince of permanent government
Watt never intended to come across as dismissive, cocky, combative and arrogant at the Oireachtas finance committee but unfortunately for him he did
Robert Watt undergoes committee grilling but what did we learn?
Department of Health secretary general disputed many key findings of report into botched secondment of former chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan to TCD
Robert Watt rejects ‘most’ of Holohan report findings and reveals laptop ‘hack’
Account given by Deirdre Gillane in report about secondment controversy was ‘correct’ version of events, says Minister for Health
Holohan raised issues about report into TCD post during drafting stage
Watt strongly objected to conclusions regarding politicians not being informed, report shows
Robert Watt likely to face questions at Dáil committee over botched Holohan appointment
Department of Health’s top civil servant to make appearance at Oireachtas Committee on Wednesday
The Irish Times view on the report on Dr Tony Holohan’s proposed secondment: now for the blame game
The disagreement on what happened among senior officials means the affair will drag on - there are important wider issues at stake, too, about how such appointments are made
Uncivil war among top officials on botched Holohan appointment to Trinity College Dublin
Long-delayed Department of Health report strongly critical of appointment process last year
Tony Holohan should not have been involved in aspects of TCD move, report finds
Report into proposed secondment does not contain any adverse findings against former chief medical officer but identifies issues with structure of process
Sacred cows of Ireland’s Covid-19 response called into question by softly spoken medic
The hospital consultant asks whether ‘institutions or individuals may have benefited in terms of status, power or wealth from the continuation of pandemic measures’
Stephen Donnelly ‘anxious’ to publish report on Tony Holohan’s cancelled secondment
Department yet to publish report on abandoned TCD appointment despite fact it was submitted last July
Tony Holohan joins cell therapy start-up aCGT
Irish group hopes to speed up access to cutting-edge treatment for patients worldwide through use of high-tech on-site pods
Tony Holohan takes up role with medical testing company
Former CMO will chair the medical advisory board of Tipperary based Enfer Medical
Findings of review into Ireland’s handling of Covid-19 ‘broadly positive’, Donnelly says
Minister ‘can’t get into any comments’ on botched appointment of Dr Tony Holohan to academic role due to ‘ongoing process’
Holohan calls for ‘honest conversations’ about end-of-life between doctors and patients
Former chief medical officer has been appointed to the board of the Irish Hospice Foundation
Covid-19 burden on hospitals increased ‘considerably’ in recent weeks, Holohan says
No indication for need to change public health advice, chief medical officer’s update states
Tony Holohan appointed to adjunct professor role in UCD
Academic position in college health and agricultural sciences to be unpaid
Prof Breda Smyth appointed interim chief medical officer
Dr Tony Holohan to retire at the start of July after 14 years in the role
New Covid-19 variants taking over as BA.4 and BA.5 account for 42% of cases
Increase in virus cases ‘could be a blip or the start of a summer wave’, Leo Varadkar says
Covid: Two further cases of new variant found in Ireland
Extra-transmissible strains of Omicron variant gain foothold in Europe and US
Q&A: Why is Covid back in the news?
There is no indication new variants are any more severe than previous Omicron lineages
Covid: New variant of concern detected in Republic
Two cases of BA.4, a sublineage of Omicron, were detected here earlier this month
US Covid vaccine sceptic sues Twitter in Dublin for defamation
Fox News regular Alex Berenson claims he was defamed after tweet labelled ‘misleading’
Ronan Glynn latest in long line of top medics to exit health service
Lack of order in health, long hours and organisational stasis accelerating brain drain
Dr Ronan Glynn resigns as deputy chief medical officer
Glynn resignation follows in the footsteps of outgoing CMO Dr Tony Holohan
Number of Covid-19 patients in hospital at eight-month low
Holohan says despite the fall hospital system remains under considerable pressure
Watt accused of ‘breathtaking arrogance’ over proposed Holohan secondment
Committee examining plan for Dr Holohan to move to new role at Trinity College
Big ideas like redress and national hospitals rarely delivered on time
Inside Politics: Maternity Hospital relocation proposed in 2013 but decision delayed again
Watt to express ‘regret’ at Holohan secondment not proceeding
Secretary general and chief medical officer to appear before Oireachtas committee
Behind Ireland’s Covid response: ‘We were going to be building morgues for people’
Key Irish figures recall the fear and uncertainty of the pandemic’s early days
Oireachtas group’s chief critical of Taoiseach around Watt testimony
Allegation of ‘misleading commentary’ put to Dáil over bid to secure mandarin’s appearance
Threat of nuclear war looms but Irish politics transfixed by turf
Inside Politics: Inevitable that Government will water down proposals – but won’t set aside completely
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