Maitiú Ó Tuathail
Maitiú Ó Tuathail | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Irish |
| Occupation | Doctor |
Maitiú Gearóid Ó Tuathail (born 1988 or 1989) is an Irish physician and former president of the National Association of General Practitioners.[1][2]
Background
[edit]Ó Tuathail grew up in Lettermore, County Galway.[3][4][5] He earned his medical degree from NUI Galway in 2011. He qualified as a general practitioner in 2018.[1] He became a Member of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (MRCPI) in 2015. In 2018, he became a Member of the Irish College of General Practitioners (MICGP) and a Member of the Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine (MFSEM) at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI). In 2019, he graduated with a Master of Science in healthcare management from RCSI.[citation needed]
Career
[edit]Ó Tuathail works as a general practitioner in Ranelagh.[3][2] In 2017, he served as a lead NCHD.[5] In 2018, he was elected president of the National Association of General Practitioners (NAGP) at the age of 29.[3][4][5] He resigned from the NAGP in April 2019.[6]
In November 2020, Ó Tuathail settled a High Court action he had taken against entrepreneur Paddy Cosgrave. The defamation case arose from remarks Cosgrave made about Ó Tuathail on the social media platform Twitter in April 2020. Cosgrave deleted the comments and issued a public apology.[2]
Personal life
[edit]References
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- ^ a b c Phelan, Shane (3 November 2020). "Leak controversy doctor settles libel action against Web Summit chief". Irish Independent. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
- ^ a b c Wall, Martin. "GP at centre of Varadkar controversy has become prominent over recent years". The Irish Times.
- ^ a b Brennan, Cianan. "The new head of the GP union is younger than Simon Harris - and has a big battle on his hands". TheJournal.ie.
- ^ a b c "Lettermore doctor named new president of National Association of General Practitioners". connachttribune.ie.
- ^ Brennan, Cianan (1 November 2020). "Ó Tuathail says it 'was wrong' NAGP did not have access to GP contract". Irish Examiner.
- ^ "Ireland's Leo Varadkar condemns anti-gay 'innuendo' around friendship with doctor amid leaked document scandal". 6 November 2020.