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Ciara Phelan & David Kent

Stephen Donnelly admits 'lessons need to be learnt' as he orders external report into Tony Holohan job fiasco

Stephen Donnelly has admitted that "lessons need to be learnt" after the fiasco surrounding Dr Tony Holohan in recent weeks.

The Chief Medical Officer has now announced he will not take up a new job at Trinity College - after the Taoiseach asked for a report into the matter following controversy that the Department of Health would continue to pay his €187,000 salary.

It would have cost the Department of Health €2 million over 10 years and Health Minister Donnelly wasn’t made aware about the finer details of the move.

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