Foreign holidays unlikely this summer, says Chief Medical Officer

Michael O'Leary: 'Nphet and the Chief Medical Officer, if he was doing his job properly, should be holding a daily press conference announcing how many people have been vaccinated, not issuing scare stories of numbers of people in hospital.'

Chief medical officer Tony Holohan has dampened expectations of foreign holidays this summer and rejected Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary's accusation that Nphet is causing "mass hysteria".

Mr O’Leary accused Nphet of disseminating “scare stories”, saying the expert group is terrifying people with daily updates on Covid-19 deaths and hospitalisations.