Irish Examiner view: Government struggle to get public onside

Despite a pouring €7bn into the July stimulus package and €375m into a back-to-school plan the Government has been associated with a number of controversies and rows 

Taoiseach Micheál Martin's Governemnt have had a less-than-impressive debut. File picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Let’s hope the Government can use the summer recess to regain public trust. It will be needed more than ever if the three-party coalition is to manage the ongoing coronavirus crisis.

While the falling numbers of Covid-19 cases here are encouraging, the pandemic is far from over. The number of infections globally doubled in the last six weeks, with 1m testing positive in the last four days.