Taoiseach: Additional measures may be needed to counter Covid-19 threat

Powers of detention contained within emergency legislation are ‘necessary’ to protect health, the Taoiseach added.

Additional measures to protect life from the Covid-19 disease may be needed in the weeks ahead, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said.

Powers of detention contained within emergency legislation passed today are “necessary” to protect health, the Taoiseach added.