Covid-19: Taoiseach unaware contact tracing had collapsed until reported in media

Taoiseach Micheál Martin said that he was unaware of the issues until yesterday. Picture: Julien Behal

The Taoiseach only found out about a collapse in the Covid tracing system when it broke in the media.

Micheál Martin was not made aware that thousands of people who were diagnosed with Covid-19 over the weekend will now be asked to inform close contacts themselves as the system cannot cope.