Tony Holohan

Search for new Department of Health chief begins as Robert Watt’s term set to expire – The Irish Times

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The next secretary general of the Department of Health will have a lower salary than that approved for incumbent Robert Watt. The Cabinet approved a plan on Tuesday to commence a top-level appointments process for the position – which is the most senior in the department – with Watt’s term expiring in April. The salary … Read more

MCGUIRK: When I think of Covid, I am ashamed of myself

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There have been a glut of articles in recent days and weeks looking back on the Covid 19 pandemic which gripped Ireland (and most of the western world) five years ago this week. I look back, dear reader, on the first few weeks of that pandemic with utter shame, and more shame that I have … Read more