Daniel McConnell: Reopening farce a mess of Government's own making

Government members are scrambling to put the blame at the feet of Nphet — but advisers advise; it is ministers who decide

Dr Tony Holohan, the chief medical officer; Dr Ronan Glynn, the deputy chief medical officer; and Prof Martin Cormican at a Covid-19  press conference  earlier this year. File picture: Colin Keegan

Just who is running the country — the Government or Nphet?

That was the pointed question Independent TD for Clare Michael McNamara posed to Taoiseach Micheál Martin in the Dáil last week.