So, finally, the board of the Beacon Hospital has decided to act. Eugene McCague, the former managing partner of the law firm Arthur Cox, has agreed to conduct an independent review on behalf of the non-executive directors following the decision of the private hospital to administer doses of the Covid-19 vaccine to teachers in a private school. I have interviewed McCague many times and I respect him. He is a man of integrity. And he will need to be. The investigation he will undertake is profoundly important – both for the reputation of the vaccine rollout and for any reputational…

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