Michael Clifford: Trust has been eroded in how State operates

Residents of the Skellig Star DP Centre in Caherciveen emerge from the Centre on Wednesday after a four week lockdown. Picture Alan Landers.

The mishandling of the Caherciveen centre has been exacerbated by misinformation, deflection, and at its most charitable, a deficit of knowledge, writes Michael Clifford

Trust is a vital element in a functioning democracy and trust in the machine of state has broken down completely in relation to the opening and running of a direct provision (DP) centre in Cahirciveen, Co Kerry, where there has been a serious outbreak of the coronavirus.