Testing and tracing to be focus of Covid-19 committee's first session with Dr Holohan

Dr John Cuddihy, Dr Tony Holohan and Dr Ronan Glynn last February. The Oireachtas special committee on Covid-19 will meet Dr Holohan next week.

The Oireachtas special committee on Covid-19 will hear from the Chief Medical Officer Tony Holohan next Tuesday.

The new committee, which met for the first time today, will be chaired by Independent TD Michael McNamara, after beating Sinn Féin's David Cullinane in a ballot for the position.