Varadkar: Inquiry into how state handled covid pandemic should be completed within a year
A shopper wearing a facemask on Grafton Street in Dublin with covid-19 signs in the window. Leo Varadkar says there was a lot of pressure from the public and media to lock down the country.
An inquiry into how the State handled the covid pandemic will be up and running next year with the aim to have it concluded within 12 months, the Taoiseach has said.
The draft Terms of Reference of the inquiry have been "seen and cleared" by Coalition leaders with a memo set to go to Cabinet within weeks, Leo Varadkar said.
