{"id":76605,"date":"2025-09-21T07:28:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T07:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/76605\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T07:28:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T07:28:09","slug":"hse-irelands-largest-employer-choosing-its-next-chief-executive-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/76605\/","title":{"rendered":"HSE, Ireland\u2019s largest employer, choosing its next chief executive \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

The process to select the next chief executive of Ireland\u2019s largest employer, with a workforce of more than 148,000 full-time equivalents and a budget of \u20ac26.9 billion for this year, is moving along.<\/p>\n

Applications closed this week for the position of HSE<\/a> chief executive, which comes with a salary of \u20ac398,174. The competition is being run to replace Bernard Gloster<\/a>, who tendered his resignation in May after three years in the role and 38 years in the health service. He departs in March.<\/p>\n

A five-year specified purpose contract is on offer, based on a 35-hour \u201cstandard working week\u201d, which comes out at \u20ac218.77 per hour, though the successful candidate may \u201cfrom time to time be required to work additional hours for the proper discharge of their duties\u201d. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis post is being advertised at a time when there are long-standing challenges in health services, and it is recognised that tackling these challenges will require strong leadership and commitment,\u201d the HSE\u2019s candidate booklet notes. <\/p>\n

It cites a growing and ageing population, health inequalities and attracting and retaining the right workforce as big issues the eventual appointee will have to combat. <\/p>\n

\u201cSpecifically, the number of people waiting for treatment is too long and there are annual problems with emergency department overcrowding,\u201d it adds, somewhat familiarly. <\/p>\n

Among those mentioned in health service circles as potential internal contenders are regional executive officers Tony Canavan (HSE West and North West) and Martina Queally (HSE Dublin and South East).<\/p>\n

\"MartinaMartina Queally, regional executive officer for HSE Dublin and South East. Photograph: Gareth Chaney\/Collins <\/p>\n

External runners are also expected in the competition for a job that seeks someone with \u201cextensive transformational leadership skills\u201d, \u201cexcellent problem solving and analytical\u201d abilities and the capacity to \u201cexercise exceptional judgment in the face of conflicting pressures\u201d.<\/p>\n

One outsider who will not be throwing their hat in the ring is former minister for health Stephen Donnelly<\/a>. Despite significant speculation, he is not seeking to bring his management consultancy skills to Dr Steevens\u2019 Hospital. <\/p>\n

\"FrankFrank McCourt, left, and his brother Malachy in New York in March 1984. Photograph: Keith Meyers\/The New York Times Late Malachy McCourt facing a \u2018public hanging\u2019 in New York<\/p>\n

A New York<\/a> street is to be renamed in honour of the late writer, actor and broadcaster Malachy McCourt<\/a>, one of the most gregarious and beloved exemplars of the Irish-American experience. <\/p>\n

Born in Brooklyn to Irish emigrant parents Angela (n\u00e9e Sheehan) and Malachy McCourt snr, on September 20th, 1931, McCourt returned to his mother\u2019s native Limerick<\/a> as a three-year-old at the height of the depression. <\/p>\n

He spent his formative years there but returned to New York aged 20 after being sent the fare by his brother Frank, who then worked as a schoolteacher but went on to write the bestselling memoir Angela\u2019s Ashes<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Over the next 70 years Malachy established himself as a chronicler of New York\u2019s literary and bohemian scene, writing memoirs of his own, including the popular A Monk Swimming. <\/p>\n

\"MalachyMalachy McCourt poster <\/p>\n

He was also a bar owner, raconteur and actor, appearing on stage and in films including Brewster\u2019s Millions and The Devil\u2019s Own. He stood as Green Party candidate for New York governor in 2006, a race won by Democrat Eliot Spitzer. <\/p>\n

The honour comes after months of lobbying by McCourt\u2019s friends and fans, spearheaded by New York councillor Gale Brewer. Malachy McCourt Lane will be close to West 84th Street, where a high school is named after Frank. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s appropriate that it\u2019s not Malachy McCourt \u2018Street\u2019, \u2018Boulevard\u2019 or \u2018Avenue\u2019,\u201d said playwright John McDonagh, a long-time friend and radio co-host of McCourt\u2019s. \u201cIt\u2019s \u2018Lane\u2019. New York doesn\u2019t have lanes, but Limerick does.\u201d <\/p>\n

\"AA poster for the event at which a New York City street will be named in honour of the late Malachy McCourt <\/p>\n

An event, hosted by McCourt\u2019s daughter Siobh\u00e1n, dubbed The Public Hanging of Malachy McCourt, will see a street sign bearing his name unveiled on the corner of 93rd Street and West End Avenue, on Manhattan\u2019s Upper West Side, on Saturday, September 27th. <\/p>\n

Leafy greater Dublin facing autumnal rail changes<\/p>\n

Autumn is a time of change and there\u2019s more than darker mornings and shorter evenings coming for commuters in the Greater Dublin<\/a> Area. <\/p>\n

From Monday, Iarnr\u00f3d \u00c9ireann<\/a> is, for the first time, adjusting its timetable to reflect the impact of \u201cleaf fall on rail services\u201d. This will add one to three minutes to journey times until December 14th.<\/p>\n

\"StSt Anne’s Park, Dublin. Photograph: Alan Betson <\/p>\n

\u201cAutumn leaf fall causes low rail adhesion, with leaves \u2013 especially in damp and wet autumnal conditions \u2013 creating a greasy layer on the rail that is the equivalent of black ice on roads,\u201d it said. <\/p>\n

\u201cTo ensure safety, train drivers must drive more cautiously and accelerate and decelerate more slowly at times when rails are affected.\u201d<\/p>\n

The upshot is that morning services on Dart<\/a> and Dublin commuter routes will be moved forward \u201cto achieve scheduled arrival times at destination\u201d, while evening services will depart as scheduled, meaning passengers will get home a bit later. <\/p>\n

\"LansdowneLansdowne Road Dart station. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien <\/p>\n

While the \u201cautumn timetable\u201d is a maiden venture for Iarnr\u00f3d \u00c9ireann, the carrier insists counterparts in Britain, the Netherlands, Germany, the US and Canada have long been doing so.<\/p>\n

Hayes brings Obama back to the front pages before Dublin visit<\/p>\n

Barack Obama<\/a> unexpectedly made a return to the Irish news cycle this week, just days before he visits Dublin for a money-spinning event at the 3Arena<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The images of the offensive Halloween costume foolishly worn by Social Democrats TD Eoin Hayes<\/a> back in his college days were not needed to help shift tickets for An Evening with President Barack Obama, In Conversation with Fintan O\u2019Toole. <\/p>\n

Friday\u2019s event is sold out, with only resale tickets, ranging in price from \u20ac165.32 to \u20ac441.32, available earlier this week via Ticketmaster. <\/p>\n

There\u2019s one other matter that could be sorted during the former president\u2019s visit, an outstanding offer of the freedom of Dublin city made to him and his wife, Michelle, in 2017, but never taken up.<\/p>\n

Lord Mayor Ray McAdam this week said there was \u201congoing engagement\u201d with Obama\u2019s office about tying up that loose end. <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a 2013 article on the University College Cork website, Mr Hayes goes to Washington, recounts the former students union president\u2019s experience working on Obama\u2019s successful 2012 re-election campaign, some three years after that \u201cblackface\u201d episode. <\/p>\n

\u201cOftentimes I had to pinch myself. They were definitely the smartest group of people I ever worked with,\u201d he said of the \u201cassortment of technologists and politicos\u201d who aided the Democrat\u2019s cause. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think this kind of technologically focused, data-driven, grassroots campaign is more of what we\u2019ll see in politics all over the world.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The process to select the next chief executive of Ireland\u2019s largest employer, with a workforce of more than…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76606,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[26778,51864,4750,41061,9,10,13413,52,46418,13,14,6,60,13418,11,12,1844,15,16,51863,969,5,17420,7,8,65,66,67],"class_list":{"0":"post-76605","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-3arena","9":"tag-angela-s-ashes","10":"tag-barack-obama","11":"tag-bernard-gloster","12":"tag-breaking-news","13":"tag-breakingnews","14":"tag-dart","15":"tag-dublin","16":"tag-eoin-hayes","17":"tag-featured-news","18":"tag-featurednews","19":"tag-headlines","20":"tag-hse","21":"tag-iarnrod-eireann","22":"tag-latest-news","23":"tag-latestnews","24":"tag-limerick","25":"tag-main-news","26":"tag-mainnews","27":"tag-malachy-mccourt","28":"tag-new-york-city","29":"tag-news","30":"tag-stephen-donnelly","31":"tag-top-stories","32":"tag-topstories","33":"tag-world","34":"tag-world-news","35":"tag-worldnews"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}