O’Brien to quit HSE position 4 weeks early

HSE director general Tony O’Brien is set to quit his post four weeks earlier than planned amid calls from victims of the cervical cancer tests scandal, Opposition politicians, and at least one Government TD, for him to resign or be fired immediately.

The HSE yesterday confirmed that Mr O’Brien will leave in just seven weeks’ time on July 1, but refused to say what the beleaguered health boss’s pension and settlement terms will be.

In a move seen as a bid to contain the anger surrounding the cervical cancer tests scandal and which Government sources last night insisted they did not encourage, Mr O’Brien will leave four weeks early by taking his remaining holiday days.