Magee decision highlights unhealthy tensions at top

He says he didn’t jump, definitely wasn’t pushed, and that his departure was simply because the HSE CEO role was not part of the latest health service revolution.

But despite the public protestations, Cathal Magee’s departure from his €322,000-a-year post just 20 months into a five-year contract has focused attention yet again on tensions at the top of the health service.

Mr Magee’s job has effectively been consigned to the dustbin as part of Health Minister James Reilly’s system-wide reform plans.