Taoiseach calls for 'balance between loans and grants' in any EU Covid-19 rescue package

Leo Varadkar who has taken part in four videoconferences to discuss the pandemic with European leaders, said that "when this emergency started the level of coordination across the European Union was poor"

The European Union has come under fire from across the Dáil over its response to the Coronavirus pandemic and recovery funds.

The Dáil heard that "alarm bells are ringing", that the EU have "not learned any lessons" from the last recession in Ireland during the 2007 financial crash.