Dr Marcus De Brun rose to prominence online due to his outspoken criticism of the State’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Photograph: Collins
A fitness-to-practise committee regarding allegations that a Dublin GP tweeted anti-Covid policy comments during the pandemic will reconvene on Wednesday after ruling he has a case to answer.
Chairwoman Deirdre Murphy said the authorship of the tweets by the registrant, Dr Marcus de Brun, who ran Rush Family practice in north Co Dublin, and his attendance at an anti-mask rally in August 2020, were not in dispute.
Murphy also quoted De Brun from the second hearing of the inquiry, on September 24th, where he said: “I think it’s quite clear I used Twitter to seriously undermine public health guidelines.”
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