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Families want ‘truth, answers and accountability’ at Covid inquiry hearing in NI

Families bereaved during the Covid-19 pandemic want “truth, answers and accountability” when decision-making in Northern Ireland is examined by the UK-wide inquiry, a solicitor has said. Enda McGarrity, who represents the Covid Bereaved Families for ...

23 Apr 2024 at 13:28

Bereaved families say Sunak’s evidence to Covid inquiry was ‘pathetic’

Bereaved families have called the Prime Minister’s evidence to the Covid inquiry “pathetic” and criticised his inability to recall emails sent during the pandemic. Some people hung images of their dead relatives around their necks and when Rishi ...

11 Dec 2023 at 18:24

Care home visiting restrictions in pandemic ‘cruel and punitive’, inquiry hears

Restrictions on families visiting their loved ones in care homes during the pandemic felt cruel and punitive, the UK Covid-19 Inquiry has heard. The inquiry was told there had been more than 50,000 deaths related to the virus in care homes ...

19 Mar 2024 at 15:28

Doctor ‘flabbergasted’ bereaved families not called as Covid Inquiry witnesses

A doctor whose father died after contracting Covid has said the inquiry will be a “farce” if bereaved families are not able to give evidence. The Covid Bereaved Families for Justice group had put forward 20 people to be considered as ...

11 Jun 2023 at 02:45

Covid inquiry ‘must investigate structural racism as a key issue in all modules’

The inquiry into the handling of the coronavirus pandemic in the UK must investigate structural racism as a key issue, a campaign group representing bereaved families has said. The Covid Bereaved Families for Justice organisation ...

28 Feb 2023 at 07:15

Northern Ireland

Covid bereaved families accuse Stormont leaders of ‘ignoring’ them

Families who lost loved ones in the Covid-19 pandemic have accused Stormont’s leaders of ignoring them. Members of the Covid Bereaved Families for Justice NI group criticised First Minister Michelle O’Neill and deputy First ...

19 Feb 2025 at 16:15

Covid families meet Emma Little-Pengelly in bid to influence policy

Families bereaved by Covid-19 in Northern Ireland have expressed hope they can influence public policy. Members of the Covid Bereaved Families for Justice NI group met deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly at ...

24 Feb 2025 at 18:34

Northern Ireland

Couple died after Covid ‘taken into house by carers’, daughter tells inquiry

A woman whose parents died of Covid a month apart during the pandemic has told a public inquiry she believes the infection was taken into their house by carers. Hazel Gray, from Northern Ireland, told the UK ...

13 May 2025 at 12:20

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