Tony Holohan, Robert Watt and some awkward questions for Stephen Donnelly

Watt in the spotlight, and the state of the parties

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Inside Politics: Robert Watt, Secretary General extraordinaire of the Department of Health. Photograph: Collins
Inside Politics: Robert Watt, Secretary General extraordinaire of the Department of Health. Photograph: Collins

In today’s episode of the Irish Times Inside Politics podcast, Political Editor Pat Leahy talks to his colleagues Harry McGee and Cormac McQuinn about the controversy around the planned appointment of Dr Tony Holohan to a position at Trinity College Dublin, which has raised awkward questions for Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly and his Secretary General extraordinaire, Robert Watt. And, with the Dáil in recess, they run the rule over the performance of the political parties and the challenges that lie before them in the rest of 2022.