Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín accuses Government of ‘disastrous mistakes’ during pandemic
“Throughout Covid, the Government was focused on restricting people to two kilometres from their homes, preventing people from going to funerals, to school and to work, when in reality, the most dangerous place you could be was in a nursing home or hospital; the two locations run or regulated by the State,” he said.
In response, the Taoiseach said it was always going to be the case that “with hindsight, things will look differently than they did at the time when we had so little information”. The Fine Gael leader said a public inquiry would be established this year to examine how the pandemic was handled in Ireland, covering healthcare aspects, testing, public health advice and the economic and social response.
“I’m open to that being considered but there are pluses and minuses to all of these all of these mechanisms.
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