Head of HSE's Cork/Kerry community healthcare retires

Mr Fitzgerald’s tenure coincided with a scandal which erupted around child mental health services in the Kerry region in January 2022

Michael Fitzgerald (left) with Micheál Martin in 2020. He said it had been “a great privilege” for him to have led the HSE’s community services in Cork and Kerry during the “difficult times” represented by the covid pandemic. File picture: Gerard McCarthy

The Chief Officer for the HSE's Cork/Kerry community healthcare division has retired with immediate effect.

Michael Fitzgerald informed staff last Thursday that his final work day would be the following day. Mr Fitzgerald took over from Ger Reaney as chief officer following the latter’s retirement at the height of the covid pandemic in June 2020.