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Calls for extra Covid Commitee hearings after 'frustrating' Government messages

Calls for extra Covid Commitee hearings after 'frustrating' Government messages — Sinn Féin's Pearse Doherty TD. Picture: Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie

Thu, 20 Aug, 2020 - 09:30

Vivienne Clarke

Sinn Féin’s finance spokesperson Pearse Doherty has called for extra hearings of the Oireachtas Covid Committee.

Public confidence had been undermined by the contradictory messaging coming from the Government, he told RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland.

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