John Callinan, secretary general to the government: ‘Thoughtful and thorough and calm’ is how former taoiseach Leo Varadkar described him

Business Post subscribers can read:

• How Callinan differs from his powerful predecessor Martin Fraser

• What Leo Varadkar and Simon Coveney say about the quiet man behind the civil service

• Callinan’s key accomplishments – and the views of those in government as to whether he’s really in control