Covid reopening fallout: Experts warned Government a storm was coming

A member of the State's health modelling group has said the advice given to the Government regarding the reopening of hospitality is akin to 'warning someone sitting on a beach that there’s a storm coming'. 

A senior figure in a government advisory group on Covid-19 has said the country's biggest concern should be people who are partially or fully vaccinated becoming ill from the virus. 

Cathal Walsh, a professor of statistics at the University of Limerick and a member of the 30-strong Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group (IEMAG), said the advice that led to the Government delaying the reopening of indoor dining only emerged in the last week.