Irish Examiner View: Where is our inquiry into Covid management?

It may be worth looking across to Britain to see how they are proceeding with a review of how they handled the pandemic

A closed playground in St Stephens Green due to Covid 19 restrictions in June 2020. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

In the third week of January, Taoiseach Micheál Martin confirmed that Ireland would establish a public inquiry into the Government’s handling of the pandemic.

In his level way, he said he would “prefer to call it an evaluation of how the country managed Covid-19”, adding that the Government had to learn lessons to better prepare for future pandemics.