Two most senior officials at childrens health ireland resign

The two most senior officials of the body overseeing the new National Children's Hospital have resigned. The acting chief executive and interim deputy chief executive of Children's Health Ireland are both stepping down from their roles. In January, Fiona Murphy was appointed as acting chief executive and staff were told in April that Ms Hardiman had been reassigned to a new role of strategic programme director.

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Earlier this year, the board began a recruitment process to fill the chief executive role on a permanent basis. The HSE has said an announcement on this appointment is imminent. It is understood Ms Murphy resigned due to a job opportunity in the private sector. Separately, Stephen Flanagan, interim deputy chief executive and chief financial officer of CHI, has also resigned from his post, with his last day of work being this Wednesday.

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