Tony O'Brien

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Little progress was made in meeting the State’s major challenges: building homes for a growing population and providing an efficient and affordable health service

John Connaghan to leave role as HSE director general

Anne O’Connor to be second person to fill post pending appointment of Tony O’Brien’s successor

Government may increase pay for new HSE chief by a further €50,000

Ministers are considering a salary of about €300,000 a year in a bid to fill the position

Maternity hospital standoff may see last-minute breakthrough

Government hopeful of deal with hospitals on new facility ahead of year-end deadline

Simon Harris to restart recruitment drive for new head of HSE

High-profile process fails to find successor to Tony O’Brien for €250,000 health role

Navan hospital determined to retain emergency department

‘I’m tired of listening to south Dublin medical ivory towers,’ says Dr Ruairi Hanley

Harris bloodied but unbowed by former HSE chief’s attack

Resilient Minister for Health will survive criticism Fine Gael TDs see as unwarranted

Varadkar defends Harris after O’Brien calls him a ‘frightened little boy’

‘Anything he may lack in experience or age, he makes up in commitment,’ Varadkar says

Varadkar backs Harris in CervicalCheck row with ex-HSE boss

Taoiseach intervenes as Tony O’Brien compares Minister to ‘a frightened little boy’

Should you feel safe in the Irish health system?

Having worked in the Irish health service for 20 years, I am damn proud of it. Yes, progress is painfully slow, but it is very real

Soaring health deficit causing alarm within Government

Day-to-day HSE spending and insurance firm practices main culprits behind overspend

Scally report contrasts with political hysteria of early scandal

Claims of some politicians misleading and potentially damaging to a screening programme

Woman who objected to rival fast-food outlet works for Supermac’s

LinkedIn page saying woman worked for 12½ years at Supermac’s deleted after questions

Private investigator found no trace of objector to Supermac’s rival in Galway

Woman ‘not living’ at address from which letter opposing Eyre Square outlet was sent

Two hospitals in breach of HSE guidelines on superbug, Hiqa finds

CPE was described in October as the biggest threat of its kind facing the health service

Guide to investigations into CervicalCheck controversy

Background: New inquiry examining outsourcing of services to labs in United States

Proposed patient safety fines for healthcare providers ‘a joke’, says Vicky Phelan

Victim of CervicalCheck scandal says State contributed €25,000 to her €2.5m settlement

Universal free GP care to be significantly delayed

Plan is downgraded to long-term goal, while Donohoe criticises Harris’s HSE proposals

Paschal Donohoe links Government funding to HSE reforms

Minister suggests top HSE chiefs will have to have more personal accountability for spending

Tony O’Brien approved for share options days before leaving HSE

Sign-off agreed on director share-buying at US firm as cancer controversy deepened

Government likely to move to appoint HSE chairperson-designate under new reforms

Scally warns of ‘fevered atmosphere’ around cervical screening controversy

Politicians must share burden of blame for cervical cancer scandal

Controversy presents political establishment with chance to deliver lasting health reform

GPs cautioned that repeat smear tests ‘not clinically indicated’

HSE will provide tests to combat ‘worry’, assessing GP-service impact after three months

Varadkar: ‘Nobody immune from being held to account’

Further accountability needed in cervical screening crisis, says Government

Irish Times view on cervical cancer

Tragedy of Emma Mhic Mhathúna and Vicky Phelan will be compounded if women lose faith in CervicalCheck

Tony O’Brien expresses regret to staff over departure

Outgoing HSE director general addresses staff in video and said he was ‘extremely proud’ of them

Taoiseach apologises to women affected by CervicalCheck controversy

Emma Mhic Mhathúna says measures announced for affected women are ‘welcome’ but ‘not enough’

Tweet from Tony O’Brien criticised by politicians

Director general of HSE to stand aside after CervicalCheck programme controversy

It hurts: Husband of cancer victim shocked at 2016 memos

Stephen Teap asks: should Leo Varadkar have known about the 2016 memos?

Cervical cancer campaigners welcome resignation of Tony O’Brien

Vicky Phelan and Emma Mhic Mhatúna express satisfaction at HSE chief’s exit

HSE chief Tony O’Brien stepping down as cancer scandal worsens

Memo warning of negative media fallout from cervical cancer patients described as ‘game-changer’ by Government Minister

Briefing memo on cervical audits ‘devastating’, ‘damning’

Documents given to members during dramatic six-hour committee hearing

Mhic Mhathúna radio interview: ‘My world began to slow down and stop’

‘It makes us reflect on the obligations we have as members of Government,’ Paschal Donohoe tells the Dáil

O’Brien told in 2016 audit results were to be given to patients

O’Brien said he was informed audits had not thrown up concerns in relation to quality

Taoiseach concerned about leaks from Cabinet discussions

Issue raised after reports that three ministers told Cabinet this week they wanted HSE boss to step down

Screening controversy: Woman’s anger ‘outweighs her fear of dying’

Mary Lou McDonald says mother with cervical cancer ‘has no confidence’ in HSE chief Tony O’Brien

Government split on issue of seeking Tony O’Brien’s resignation

Three Ministers call for HSE head to step down in relation to accountability for errors

Government has effectively left Tony O’Brien in political limbo

No one will express confidence in HSE head, but main players will not move against him

HSE interim director general to be appointed by July 1st

Temporary Tony O’Brien successor likely to be one of three HSE senior executives

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