Philip Nolan got €200,000 payout in legal row that left science agency with €901,000 bill
€275,000 was paid for legal costs of former Science Foundation Ireland director general, accounts show
National Public Health Emergency Team
Healthy over-70s had no idea they were old until the order came to ‘cocoon’
It was a cuddly, infantilising word for what many believed was effectively house arrest
Beware the phoney, flaccid consensus on events such as Storm Éowyn or Covid
We cannot afford to have a process of self-justification end up in a policy whitewash
Prof Philip Nolan returns to research post at Maynooth University
Former Science Foundation Ireland head to investigate possible personalised treatments for sleep apnoea
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There will be criticism that the proposed process is toothless and insufficiently independent
Fifteen things to expect in Leo Varadkar’s autobiography
Former taoiseach to publish his memoirs next year in a publishing deal reportedly involving a six-figure sum
Dublin-based professor Mary Horgan named interim chief medical officer
Medic, who served on served on National Public Health Emergency Team during pandemic, replaces Breda Smyth
Covid pandemic was Varadkar’s biggest test as Taoiseach when there were few answers
Fine Gael leader at times clashed with Nphet’s public health advice and accepts government got some calls wrong
The Irish Times view on the Covid inquiry: learning lessons for a better future
The purpose of the inquiry will be to deliver a report that empowers future governments to make the best possible decisions
Covid-19: Inquiry into Ireland’s handling of pandemic to hear from bereaved families
Coalition wants to appoint independent chair who did not have role in managing crisis
Shape of Covid-19 inquiry begins to emerge – but will it satisfy Opposition and public?
Ministers want the inquiry to focus on learning lessons rather than finger-pointing. The public will likely expect it to shy away from neither
Review of how State handled Covid-19 needed, ‘but not public inquiry’, says Prof Philip Nolan
Prof Philip Nolan: ‘I don’t see the value in an inquiry as a piece of political theatre. I do see value in a genuine lessons-learned review’
Ireland has had three books on Covid but still no inquiry. What’s going on?
The long-awaited Covid inquiry should shed light on how Holohan, Varadkar, Martin and others communicated and reached their decisions
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