Irish Examiner view: We have the right to an open debate on how we handled pandemic

Questions need to be answered on what we did and what we could have done better in response to the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic.

People queue at the Covid-19 walk-in booster vaccination centre at the City Hall, Cork. Picture Dan Linehan

What form should any inquiry into our nation’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic take?

This is a subject about which we have been relatively restrained since the autumn, in general acceptance of the fact that the country wished to concentrate on containing and beating back the virus, before focussing on what we might have done better and, most importantly, what we must do to ensure that we are not laid low and debilitated next time.