A new overarching board is being set up to oversee the healthcare interests of meat processing entrepreneur Larry Goodman. The three private hospitals – the Blackrock Clinic, the Hermitage Clinic, and the Galway Clinic – being formed into a group are among the best-known hospitals in the country. Goodman has gradually taken control of the three hospitals in recent years by buying out other shareholders. The new group’s board will be chaired by Bryan Harty, the former chief executive of the Blackrock Clinic. Dr Caroline Whelan, the former chief operating officer of the Mater Private in Dublin, has been appointed…