Opposition TDs criticise role of civil servants in Holohan row 

Micheál Martin said the way the secondment of former CMO Tony Holohan to Triny College unfolded was 'deeply regrettable'. File picture: Sam Boal/RollingNews

The abandoned plan to move Tony Holohan to Trinity College Dublin shows that civil servants and not ministers run the country, the opposition has said.

Sinn Féin's health spokesperson David Cullinane said Dr Holohan's decision to retire was a loss to the public system, but that the circumstances that led to his resignation were "entirely the making of very senior civil servants".