ESRI: Delta Covid variant won't stop strong rebound in Ireland

Prof Kieran McQuinn said with the vaccinations still being rolled out that any delay in reopening would be relatively short-lived. 

A mobile Covid-19 vaccination centre outside Bolton Town Hall, Bolton, England.  Case numbers of the Delta variant, first identified in India, have been relatively high in England. 

The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) said it believes the Delta variant will fail to derail the reopening of the Irish economy even as Covid cases flare in Britain. 

Research professor Kieran McQuinn told the Irish Examiner that, at worst, the variants would likely cause "a bump in the road" to a very strong rebound for the Irish economy this year, by slowing but not ending the reopening of the economy.