Tony Holohan referred the approach by Roqu CEO Robert Quirke offering medical equipment to the Department of Health.

The finance minister made the comments in the new 'Irish Examiner' podcast, Let Me Tell You

Dr Holohan will not be paid as the role is not a salaried position.

The chief medical officer says that hospitals remain under considerable pressure due to the recent spike in Covid-19 cases.

Tony Holohan and Robert Watt faced questioning at the Oireachtas health committee on Wednesday morning about the now-abandoned secondment of the CMO to Trinity College Dublin

The house surrender scheme. Zappone. Holohan. Retrofitting. And now turf. You'd wonder if we'll ever learn from our mistakes

Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien criticised the way the proposed secondment of Tony Holohan to TCD was handled

A statement from the Department of Health this evening said Stephen Donnelly will attend when an independent review has been completed.

The Oireachtas finance committee has written to Mr Watt criticising his 'lack of engagement' with it over the controversy, which is now subject to two separate inquiries

Sinn Féin health spokesman says he can't see why the Minister for Health can't attend both Oireachtas committees, health and finance, to discuss Tony Holohan's now abandoned secondment

A letter sent to the committee from Mr Donnelly's private secretary said: 'Neither the minister nor his officials are in a position to attend the meeting'

Senior academics have expressed their anger at the proposed move for the outgoing chief medical officer.

Review into controversial secondment of chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan to a post in Trinity College to be made public, health minister says

Since the end of June last year, 675 units of blood have had to be imported from Britain for use in hospitals and other medical services across Ireland

Many of the details of Dr Tony Holohan's proposed role as professor of public health leadership and strategy at Trinity College Dublin remain murky.

The actions of Department of Health secretary general Robert Watt will remain under scrutiny, write Daniel McConnell, Elaine Loughlin, Paul Hosford, and Aoife Moore

A letter from the Department of Health to Trinity shows the university was offered a ringfenced funding agreement for the establishment of the professor of public health role.

Senior TCD academics have made clear they never approved the appointment of Dr Holohan, but merely the creation of the post

Oireachtas finance committee agreed unanimously to seek all documents, minutes, and emails relating to the process

A 'comprehensive report' is to be presented to senior government officials today on the now-abandoned secondment of Chief Medical Office Tony Holohan to Trinity College Dublin

Sinn Féin health spokesperson says the former CMO's decision was a loss to the public service and that the debacle was 'entirely the making of very senior civil servants'

CMO's move was dogged by controversy over the salary arrangements and had been paused by Taoiseach Micheál Martin

The cost of the weakness of our politicians compared to our civil service was this week laid bare for all to see

Ventilation expert Prof John Wenger will also be a key member of the advisory group, which will have approximately half the number of members as Nphet ha

For many, this latest episode again demonstrates the disconnect between those in the corridors of power and everyday citizens who are struggling to make ends meet.

TCD confirmed that the role is a secondment from the Department of Health

In what has been described as a 'most peculiar' development by the opposition, it has now emerged that Dr Holohan will take an indefinite secondment

The outgoing Chief Medical Officer will remain a civil servant and his €187,000 a year salary will be paid by the Department of Health

Health minister takes to social media to highlight three 'important' pieces of advice from Tony Holohan 

"Notwithstanding the need for continued vigilance in these areas in particular, we are now entering a transition phase of the pandemic response," Dr Holohan said

Ireland's National Public Health Emergency Team is being stood down but effectively its work goes on 

After governing under its security blanket, which imposed some of the most severe restrictions on our liberty since the foundation of the State, the coalition will now have to start making its own decisions

CMO cautions that the pandemic is not over, and  that Ireland must stay ready to respond to new variants or surges of the virus

Ireland's relaxation of close contact rules is a sensible and necessary measure 

The Chief Medical Officer wrote to Government on Tuesday, recommending a series of changes to Covid recovery, isolation and close contact rules

Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan also supported the vaccination drive, saying that although children generally suffer a mild form of Covid, "for a small few, they may become severely ill".

"The loss if we don't have children back in school in my mind is much larger than any other measure," the Green Party leader said

THE start of a new year is a time to take stock, assess how things stand, and to examine how some items can be improved.

Micheál Martin has warned the start of 2022 will be very difficult, but "our firepower is improving in terms of fighting this virus".

Chief Medical Officer pointed out that one in six young people were not yet vaccinated and that one million people over the age of 40 had not yet come forward for their booster dose

Micheál Martin is optimistic despite the WHO's fears that a 'storm' of Omicron will hit Europe

Leo Varadkar said despite reports over the weekend, the Government has settled on its current plan, with the caveat that the Covid-19 situation is closely monitored and subject to change.

Members of the National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet) are to meet with the leaders of the Coalition parties tomorrow to discuss the Omicron variant

Areas of the healthcare system are going to have to shut down if Covid numbers continue to surge according to Dr Catherine Motherway