Former justice minister Charlie Flanagan criticised the lack of women at the centre of making major decisions about shutting down the country, even though his Fine Gael colleague Helen McEntee was in attendance. Mr Flanagan said it was “not good” that the “all powerful cabinet Covid sub-committee” that was planning Christmas and the New Year had no women in attendance. “Not a woman’s voice to be heard,” the former Minister for Justice said. Read MoreHowever, it is understood Mr Flanagan’s Fine Gael party colleague, Minister for Justice Helen McEntee, was in attendance at the Covid-19 sub-committee meeting. Not a woman’s voice to be heard.

Source: Irish Independent December 22, 2020 12:52 UTC