Maitiú Gearóid Ó Tuathail (born 1988 or 1989) is an

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and former president of the National Association of General Practitioners.

Background

Ó Tuathail grew up in

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. He earned his

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from

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in 2011. He qualified as a general practitioner in 2018. He became a Member of the

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(MRCPI) in 2015. In 2018, he became a Member of the

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(MICGP) and a Member of the Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine (MFSEM) at the

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(RCSI). In 2019, he graduated with a

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in healthcare management from RCSI.

Career

Ó Tuathail works as a general practitioner in

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. In 2017, he served as a lead NCHD. In 2018, he was elected president of the National Association of General Practitioners (NAGP) at the age of 29. He resigned from the NAGP in April 2019. In November 2020, Ó Tuathail settled a High Court action he had taken against entrepreneur

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. The defamation case arose from remarks Cosgrave made about Ó Tuathail on the

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platform

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in April 2020. Cosgrave deleted the comments and issued a public apology.

Personal life

Ó Tuathail is openly

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References

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