Tony O'Brien

Medtech firm plans €15m finance round to fund expansion

DermView, whose backers include former AIB director Bernard Somers, is also eyeing a push into Britain

Fri Dec 16 2022 - 12:18

Taoiseach forced to defend level of cybersecurity spending

Aontú TD Peader Tóibín says attack was ‘monstrous crime’ that hit most vulnerable in society

Tue May 18 2021 - 17:05

Courts hope to resume full-day hearings ‘as soon as tomorrow’

Courts Service is believed to have received advice from expert who raised issue of ‘two-hour limit’ at Dáil committee hearing

Thu May 21 2020 - 12:48

Miriam Lord: TDs give Princes of Petri Dish very mild, almost pleasant, grilling

Mathematics of doing Dáil business has reached levels of advanced calculus

Tue May 19 2020 - 22:18

Dáil witnesses in same place for too long would breach Covid-19 guidelines

Guidelines broken even if witnesses move locations after being together more than two hours

Tue May 19 2020 - 16:29

Taoiseach pledges that 1,000 medicine graduates will be offered an internship

Varadkar makes announcement at virtual graduation ceremony for 197 new doctors at University College Cork

Fri Apr 17 2020 - 16:28

Anti-abortion protest sparks renewed calls for exclusion zones

Simon Harris ‘appalled’ by protest by 100 people outside National Maternity Hospital

Wed Jan 01 2020 - 18:41

Creditors meeting hears NAGP has almost €400,000 in debts

Liquidator appointed to company behind the association of GPs

Fri Jun 21 2019 - 17:59

State faces €2.8bn in HSE legal claims

Catastrophic birth injuries account for most costly category of claims against the health service

Tue Jun 11 2019 - 02:00

New HSE chief expected to receive salary of just over €300k

Fingal County Council chief expected to be named as new head of health service

Sun Mar 31 2019 - 20:31

Portlaoise baby deaths controversy helped bring CervicalCheck to light

Disclosure rules revision meant cancer patients had to be told of misinterpreted tests

Wed Mar 20 2019 - 01:54

HSE suggests breaches of private patient rules are structural issues

Against claims of abuse of public-private ratios, report says doctors not at fault

Mon Mar 18 2019 - 00:48

Nurses lead condemnation of protest outside Simon Harris’s home

Harris says what happened ‘was plain and simple intimidation’

Mon Feb 11 2019 - 21:03

Harris to put in place new €20m plan to tackle hospital superbug

Minister warns CPE bug will have serious impact on health service if not contained

Mon Jan 14 2019 - 01:00

Best of frenemies: Why Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil have stuck together

It suited Micheál Martin, and the national interest, to keep Leo Varadkar in power

Sat Dec 29 2018 - 06:00

The Irish Times view on the year in politics: what could go wrong?

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

Thu Dec 27 2018 - 00:10

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

Tue Dec 11 2018 - 17:59

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

Mon Dec 10 2018 - 00:01

Maternity hospital standoff may see last-minute breakthrough

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

Sat Dec 08 2018 - 02:00

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

Sun Nov 11 2018 - 21:04

Navan hospital determined to retain emergency department

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

Sat Nov 10 2018 - 01:00

Harris bloodied but unbowed by former HSE chief’s attack

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

Tue Nov 06 2018 - 01:00

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

Mon Nov 05 2018 - 14:52

Varadkar backs Harris in CervicalCheck row with ex-HSE boss

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

Sun Nov 04 2018 - 21:59

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

Tue Oct 16 2018 - 05:01

Soaring health deficit causing alarm within Government

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

Sat Sept 15 2018 - 03:00

Scally report contrasts with political hysteria of early scandal

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

Sat Sept 15 2018 - 01:00

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

Wed Aug 29 2018 - 21:10

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

Tue Aug 28 2018 - 20:23

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

Thu Aug 23 2018 - 18:57

Guide to investigations into CervicalCheck controversy

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

Fri Aug 03 2018 - 07:09

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

Wed Jul 25 2018 - 15:31

Universal free GP care to be significantly delayed

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

Mon Jul 23 2018 - 01:24

Paschal Donohoe links Government funding to HSE reforms

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

Thu Jun 28 2018 - 17:56