Maitiú Ó Tuathail

Maitiú Gearóid Ó Tuathail (born 1988 or 1989) is an Irish physician and former president of the National Association of General Practitioners.[1][2]

Maitiú Ó Tuathail
NationalityIrish
OccupationDoctor

Background

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.

Career

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

Ó Tuathail is openly gay.[7]

References
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  2. Phelan, Shane (3 November 2020). "Leak controversy doctor settles libel action against Web Summit chief". Irish Independent. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  3. Wall, Martin. "GP at centre of Varadkar controversy has become prominent over recent years". The Irish Times.
  4. Brennan, Cianan. "The new head of the GP union is younger than Simon Harris - and has a big battle on his hands". TheJournal.ie.
  5. "Lettermore doctor named new president of National Association of General Practitioners". connachttribune.ie.
  6. Brennan, Cianan (1 November 2020). "Ó Tuathail says it 'was wrong' NAGP did not have access to GP contract". Irish Examiner.
  7. "Ireland's Leo Varadkar condemns anti-gay 'innuendo' around friendship with doctor amid leaked document scandal". 6 November 2020.
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