Tony Holohan introduced Roqu to HSE for supply of ventilators

Former chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan said that Roqu CEO Robert Quirke had approached him on LinkedIn and that 'neither he nor his business were known to me'. Picture: Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie

The former chief medical officer Tony Holohan first introduced a festival management company to the HSE for the ill-fated provision of Covid-19 ventilators, according to new documents released to the Irish Examiner.

Dr Holohan was approached by Robert Quirke, the chief executive of Roqu Media International, on March 16, 2020 — less than a fortnight before Ireland entered lockdown.