Irish Examiner view: Covid story emerging in dribs and drabs

Irish citizens deserve, and require, a proper account of the management of the Covid-19 pandemic

Young and healthy frontline workers were denied personal protective equipment (PPE) during the first wave of Covid-19 two years ago. Picture: Niall Carson/PA

Once it became obvious there was an institutional and political reluctance, or even dilatoriness, to give a proper account of the management of the Covid-19 pandemic, we should have known that unofficial sources would fill the vacuum.

That it might be journalists who would step forward to provide a meaningful description of the actions and decisions of ministers and civil servants should not be a surprise.