GP contract leak came against backdrop of rivalry between medical bodies
Background: Government wanted new services but doctors wanted austerity cuts reversed
Varadkar leak inquiry: Tánaiste entitled to ‘due process’, says Taoiseach
Garda confirms file sent to the DPP
Could Garda investigation prevent Varadkar’s return as Taoiseach?
In the News podcast: Shadow of GP contract hangs over Varadkar’s accession to Taoiseach
Ongoing Garda investigation threatens Varadkar’s return as taoiseach
Tánaiste faces huge barrier to his December accession if matter is not finalised by then
Varadkar says plan to return to Taoiseach’s office ‘not reason’ he wants leak investigation finished
‘I want to restate that the allegations that have been made against me are false,’ Tánaiste says
Varadkar denies that requests for updates on leak inquiry are putting ‘pressure’ on gardaí
Tánaiste says that seeking a progress report in this regard is ‘entirely normal’
2021: The year in highlights
From the storming of the Capitol and the Suez Canal to Olympic success and Storm Barra, the news never stopped
Voters once saw Varadkar as representing change but there’s little evidence of that now
Analysis: FG leader has not had a good year with support for party falling in four Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI opinion polls
Varadkar criminal investigation now likely to continue well into 2022
Ongoing commentary from witnesses ‘not particularly helpful’, commissioner says
Vendettas, toxic relations and €850 jumpers: new claims from Web Summit’s legal battle
Second legal action escalates dispute between Paddy Cosgrave and David Kelly, co-founders of Web Summit
Varadkar interviewed by Garda over leaked GP contract
Tánaiste met gardaí by appointment on April 9th, indicating inquiry is close to conclusion
Varadkar had copy of GP pay deal waiting in car on arrival from Brussels
Documents show Tánaiste asked for agreement he later showed to friend to be sent to Baldonnel
Taoiseach and Greens say they have confidence in Varadkar
Sinn Féin calls for resignation of Tánaiste over leaking of GP contract
Gardaí set to send file on Varadkar leak to the DPP
Ministers back Tánaiste after gardaí upgrade preliminary inquiry to a formal investigation
Garda inquiry into Varadkar GP contract leak upgraded to formal investigation
Minister rejects suggestion that Tánaiste should step aside pending completion of inquiry
Tánaiste offers to speak to gardaí over GP contract leak
Stephen Donnelly says he was unaware gardaí were assessing complaint over leak
Leo Varadkar and the leak: New questions for Tánaiste about GP contract
Release of departmental emails renews focus on then taoiseach’s actions in April 2019
Varadkar leaked GP contract while Harris urgently sought copy
Rival doctors’ group to IMO already sharing document before minister for health got later draft
Almost all GPs receive first dose as mass vaccination centres open
HSE expects all GPs and practice nurses to have received both doses by end of February
Doctors ‘shooting themselves in foot’ by campaigning against FG, Varadkar texted Ó Tuathail
Then-taoiseach said State ‘needed to cut deal’ soon with GPs as nurses and consultants ‘more effective’
Early batch of child flu vaccine to expire within weeks after poor uptake
HSE confirms that less than one third of 600,000 available doses administered
Dáil to vote on appointment of Geraldine Feeney to Sipo
Former Fianna Fáil Senator acted as a lobbyist for the National Association of General Practitioners
Government expected to easily win vote of confidence in Leo Varadkar
Some on Opposition benches sceptical about political impact of Sinn Féin move
Leo Varadkar, doctor and Ministers all dispute account of meetings in Village magazine
Tánaiste claims magazine has got ‘its facts wrong’
Varadkar accused of throwing NAGP president ‘under the bus’
Dáil hears claims of 35 changes to document after Tánaiste disclosed confidential report
Government rejects Opposition bid for more time to question Varadkar over leaking GP draft contract
Tánaiste is expected to tell Dáil he did not act unlawfully in passing on document
Who are the main players in the Varadkar document leak?
The GP, the magazine and the entrepreneur linked to the Tánaiste’s pay-deal leak
Political ethics watchdog asked to investigate leaking of document by Varadkar
Coveney says there was ‘no personal gain’ for Tánaiste in passing on the document
Varadkar leak controversy shakes Coalition but unlikely to be fatal
‘Game-playing he constantly engages in has to end,’ says senior Fianna Fáil figure
Pressure mounts on Varadkar as Opposition set to question Tánaiste over leak
FG figures rally to leader’s defence despite Government unease over controversy
Doctor says he got documents from Varadkar as part of arrangement to share information
Statement by Dr Maitiú Ó Tuathail matches elements of version of events outlined by Tánaiste
GP at centre of Varadkar controversy has become prominent over recent years
Ó Tuathail was elected president of National Association of General Practitioners at the age of 29
Leo Varadkar’s ‘Trump defence’ over leak unlikely to go down well
Tánaiste likely to survive controversy but he and the Government will be damaged
Greens call for Varadkar to give detailed Dáil account of contract controversy
Tánaiste rejects article allegations that he acted unlawfully in sharing draft GP contract
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