Tony O Brien
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Courts hope to resume full-day hearings ‘as soon as tomorrow’
- Crime & Law
- May 21, 2020, 12:47
The courts system is expected to resume full-day physical hearings shortly after receiving etailed advice earlier this morning on the question of the (...)

Miriam Lord: TDs give Princes of Petri Dish very mild, almost pleasant, grilling
- Politics
- May 19, 2020, 22:18
We have had sight of the Leaving Cert mathematics paper (higher level). It’s very tough. Here’s one of the questions: If it takes the square root o(...)

Dáil witnesses in same place for too long would breach Covid-19 guidelines
- Politics
- May 19, 2020, 16:29
The Oireachtas has been told that it would be a breach of Covid-19 guidelines for witnesses in Leinster House to be in the same place together for mor(...)

Taoiseach pledges that 1,000 medicine graduates will be offered an internship
- Irish News
- April 17, 2020, 16:28
Everyone graduating in medicine in Ireland this year will be offered an internship in the Irish health system as part of the effort to fight the Covid(...)

Anti-abortion protest sparks renewed calls for exclusion zones
- Health
- January 1, 2020, 18:41
There have been renewed calls for the imposition of exclusion zones outside maternity units after anti-abortion activists protested outside the Nation(...)

Creditors meeting hears NAGP has almost €400,000 in debts
- Health
- June 21, 2019, 17:59
A liquidator has been appointed to the company behind the National Association of General Practitioners (NAGP). Barry Forrest of Forrest & Co was(...)

State faces €2.8bn in HSE legal claims
- Health
- June 11, 2019, 02:00
The State is facing a liability of almost €2.8 billion to fund future personal injury and property claims against the Health Service Executive. The f(...)

New HSE chief expected to receive salary of just over €300k
- Irish News
- March 31, 2019, 20:31
The Government is expected to agree to pay a salary of just over €300,000 per year to the new head of the HSE. The Sunday Business Post reported at t(...)

Portlaoise baby deaths controversy helped bring CervicalCheck to light
- Health
- March 20, 2019, 01:54
The controversy over the CervicalCheck screening programme has convulsed the health service over the past year, but it might never have come to light (...)

HSE suggests breaches of private patient rules are structural issues
- Irish News
- March 18, 2019, 00:48
More than three years ago, the then head of the Health Service Executive (HSE) Tony O’Brien warned Leo Varadkar – minister for health at the time – th(...)