'I’m not playing against the wind yet': Micheál Martin on Christmas in Cork and reasons for hope

'There is considerable potential for 2022 economically and socially,' says the Taoiseach

Taoiseach Micheál Martin at the offices of The Irish Examiner, Linn Dubh, Blackpool, Cork pictured beside a wall of 'old newspapers' at the reception. Picture: Larry Cummins.

It’s often been said that a week is a long time in politics. Now the political advisors are saying a week is a long time in Covid.

Since his election as Taoiseach in June 2020, Micheál Martin has been trying to chart a course for Ireland through one of the greatest public health crises in a century.