Office Of The State Pathologist

The Office of the State Pathologist (OSP) is now operating with a full complement of staff after a number of years struggling to fill important vacancies, according to its latest annual report. Professor Linda Mulligan, who was appointed as chief state pathologist in 2021 following a three-year hunt

Capacity pressures at the Office of the State Pathologist (OSP) have eased somewhat following a series of appointments in 2021, a new report indicated. Dr Linda Mulligan was appointed as chief state pathologist in February 2021 after a three-year search, with Ireland facing a "worldwide shortage of

A new chief state pathologist has been permanently appointed nearly three years after the position became vacant. Dr Linda Mulligan, who has served as interim chief state pathologist since June 2019, will now take on the important role on a permanent basis.

Ireland is struggling to make senior appointments to the Office of the State Pathologist due to a "worldwide shortage of forensic pathologists", the acting chief state pathologist has said. Writing in the foreword to her office's 2019 annual report, Dr Linda Mulligan said a second competition for th