Minister Darragh O Brien postpones nationwide tour promoting regeneration grants after backlash independent.ie - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from independent.ie Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has weighed in behind Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien by insisting his nine county tour of the country to promote regeneration grants is essential work.
Housing Minister Darragh O Brien under fire as he goes on tour of the country independent.ie - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from independent.ie Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
O Brien under fire as he goes on tour of the country independent.ie - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from independent.ie Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
HEALTH Minister Stephen Donnelly is under pressure to explain why staff in a private hospital, which refused to sign a deal to give the HSE extras beds, are being vaccinated ahead of other public healthcare workers.
Staff in the Denis O’Brien-owned Beacon Hospital were vaccinated this week as the facility is to be used as a mass vaccination centre.
HSE chief executive Paul Reid expressed “concern” about the plan as the Beacon refused to sign up to the Government’s private hospital deal.
“It is, to be frank, at odds with the fact that we don’t have an agreement currently with the Beacon Hospital, a signed agreement in relation to the surge safety net agreement. That is a concern of mine,” Mr Reid said.