Doctor quits Twitter after PR consultant claiming to be 'close confidante' of Health Minister said he was undermining his clinical role
A PROMINENT doctor quit Twitter after being told by a PR consultant, who claimed to be a “close confidante” of Health Minister Stephen Donnelly, that his posts were undermining his reputation and clinical role. Mr Donnelly has moved to distance himself from the incident which saw Dr Anthony O’Connor, a consultant gastroenterologist at Tallaght Hospital, delete his Twitter account on Tuesday after he was contacted by a person he said was close to Mr Donnelly. “Ok lads you win. Just had someone close to Stephen Donnelly in the DMs telling me that my advocacy is undermining my profession...