Government's plan to reopen Ireland under renewed pressure

Grace Godfrey with her twin girls, who need new shoes, outside Kirby's Footwear in Ballincollig, Cork, where she hopes to be able to get the girls fitted for shoes soon. Picture: Denis Minihane

Several aspects of the Government’s plan to reopen the country are coming under greater scrutiny, with doubts emerging over quarantining plans and vaccination projections.

The scrutiny comes in the wake of the Government’s embarrassing U-turn on the sale of children’s shoes, and growing anger over continued restrictions imposed on maternity hospitals.