Dr Tony Holohan defends Ireland's response to Covid-19 in nursing homes

Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer for the Department of Health & Chair of NPHET, at Leinster House on Kildare Street, Dublin. Photo: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Health officials have defended Ireland's response to the Covid-19 pandemic in nursing homes in the Oireachtas.

There were testy exchanges between the Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan, who appeared alongside Secretary General of the Department of Health Jim Breslin, and TDs during the first sitting of the Oireachtas special Committee on Covid-19.