Cianan Brennan: Robert Watt and Paul Reid have serious wounds to heal

The sheer alleged frostiness of relations between Robert Watt and Paul Reid, detailed in a series of disclosures by a Department of Health whistleblower over the past four days, is gobsmacking

'Paul Reid and Robert Watt, the two best-paid public servants in the country have some major fires to put out here.' Picture: Colin Keegan/ Collins Dublin

These are challenging times for those in charge of Ireland’s health services.

To well-schooled observers of the interaction between the HSE and its overseer, the Department of Health, the idea that these two entities might not be especially enamoured of each other wouldn’t exactly be a surprise.