Irish Examiner view: Covid-19 inquiry — A legal duty of candour

It would be foolish to drop our guard

the procrastination road has almost run out for those who will have to organise Ireland’s inquiry into Covid-19. Picture: Denis Minihane

It’s almost here. Whether you accept Taoiseach Simon Harris’s pledge that it will be “early September” or Tánaiste Micheál Martin’s undertaking that it will be “before mid-September” the procrastination road has almost run out for those who will have to organise Ireland’s inquiry into Covid-19.

It may not, of course, be called an inquiry. Mr Martin prefers the term “evaluation.” Mr Harris has described it as “a review.”