Taoiseach: Government not ashamed of its response to pandemic

Micheál Martin said there had been ‘a perfect storm’ because of the combination of people socialising at Christmas and the new UK variant of the virus

The Taoiseach defended the Government's decision to reopen hospitality in early December and to allow household visits in the weeks leading up to Christmas. Picture: Dan Linehan

Taoiseach Micheál Martin said it was ‘unfair’ to suggest the Government should be ashamed of its response to the pandemic.

They were doing everything they possibly could to get the virus under control again, he told Newstalk’s Pat Kenny Show.