Daniel McConnell: Inquiry into the handling of the pandemic can’t pull its punches

We have endured a rollercoaster of ups and downs, new variants, closures, cancelled holidays and family gatherings, not being able to mourn our dead properly, and on and on

More than €32bn in Covid-19 spending, all borrowed money, has to be paid back by taxpayers over time. The huge waste in buying personal protective equipment, circa €375m, is one of many issues that need to be examined. Picture: Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie

THOSE of us who covered the 2015 Banking Inquiry are still somewhat scarred by the absolute farce it turned out to be.

After several years of people calling for an examination as to how Ireland fell off the financial cliff in 2008, the inquiry was finally established but was fatally wounded before it began.