Holohan review to be completed by June 

Review into controversial secondment of chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan to a post in Trinity College to be made public, health minister says

Questions were raised around the controversial secondment after a memo compiled by the secretary-general of the Department of Health, Robert Watt, revealed Dr Holohan had entered into discussions with university leaders in February, and that the role would be funded by the Department of Health. File picture: Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie

An independent expert is to head up an external review of issues surrounding the abandoned secondment of chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan to a professorship role in Trinity College. 

Maura Quinn, the outgoing chief executive of the Institute of Directors, is to lead the review which was initiated by Health Minister Stephen Donnelly. It is expected to be completed in June and the minister says he intends to publish its findings.