Update: Tony O’Brien ‘must quit now, not just leave post early’

HSE Director General Tony O'Brien will leave his role in July, four weeks earlier than expected.

Update: Tony O’Brien ‘must quit now, not just leave post early’

Update 4.18pm: A decision by the under-pressure chief of the Health Service Executive (HSE) to leave his post a month early has not dampened calls for his immediate resignation.

The Government has confirmed that HSE director Tony O’Brien is to retire at the start of July, four weeks earlier than scheduled, as a result of taking unused holiday entitlement.

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