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

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