Tony O'Brien

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Scally warns of ‘fevered atmosphere’ around cervical screening controversy

Controversy presents political establishment with chance to deliver lasting health reform

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

Further accountability needed in cervical screening crisis, says Government

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

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

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

Director general of HSE to stand aside after CervicalCheck programme controversy

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

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

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

Documents given to members during dramatic six-hour committee hearing

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

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

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

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

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

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

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