Leo Varadkar: Ireland going 'above and beyond' in Covid-19 fight

But Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has admitted that it would “have been better” to have tested 60,000 nursing home patients and staff sooner

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has admitted that it would “have been better” to have tested 60,000 nursing home patients and staff sooner for Covid-19, but said the scale of the challenge facing the country has been extraordinary.

Speaking in Dublin, Mr Varadkar said that the frontline now in the battle against this virus is a nursing homes, long-term care institutions.