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Harris defends decision to ‘evaluate’ how Ireland handled Covid pandemic

The Taoiseach has defended a decision to “evaluate” how Ireland handled the coronavirus pandemic rather than set up a statutory inquiry. Simon Harris said that a Covid evaluation will “get to the bottom” of Ireland’s response to the pandemic in a ...

31 Oct 2024 at 16:38

Johnson insists there had been planning for Covid school closures

Boris Johnson has denied there was a failure to plan for Covid school closures at the start of the pandemic, saying it would be “surprising” if there had been no planning. The former prime minister told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry on Tuesday that it ...

21 Oct 2025 at 16:35

Scottish Government ‘had no real strategy’ for Covid in early 2020 – inquiry

The Scottish Government “had no real strategy” for the pandemic in the early part of 2020, the UK Covid-19 Inquiry has found. Baroness Heather Hallett released a more than 700-page report on Thursday on the Government decision-making during the ...

20 Nov 2025 at 18:59

Scotland avoided PPE ‘VIP lane’ due to devolution, UK Covid-19 Inquiry told

Former Scottish health secretary Jeane Freeman has told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry she believed Scotland avoided a “VIP lane” for procuring personal protective equipment (PPE) due to devolution. Ms Freeman was “politically responsible for making ...

24 Mar 2025 at 16:14

Government ‘should apologise to children for Covid mistakes’

The Government should make a formal apology to children for “avoidable mistakes” made during the Covid pandemic and damage done to their wellbeing and education, the ex-children’s commissioner has said. In a statement after giving evidence ...

02 Oct 2025 at 14:13

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