'A feeble excuse': Sinn Féin TD blasts HSE chief for 'dress rehearsal' comment

More than half of Ireland's deaths from the virus were in nursing homes and care homes.

HSE chief executive Paul Reid. File photo.

A Sinn Féin TD has criticised the HSE chief executive who will defend the health service's handling of the coronavirus crisis, saying they didn't have an opportunity to do a "dress rehearsal" for the outbreak.

Paul Reid of the HSE will make the comments at the Oireachtas Covid-19 committee today, which will focus on nursing homes and Gaeltacht areas.