Embattled Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, has urgently sought reassurance on Covid vaccine supplies at an EU leaders’ online summit. The 26 EU leaders will on Friday resume talks amid growing frustration about vaccine supply breakdowns, which are compounding national administrative problems slowing down inoculation rollouts in many countries. Read MoreBut at this leaders’ summit many of them supported her efforts and criticised big pharmaceutical companies’ failure to deliver on contractual commitments. Brussels officials said the Taoiseach's views were shared by the majority of his counterparts which are facing many vaccine problems. Five EU leaders have combined ahead of this summit to demand that more vaccines are manufactured inside the European Union.

Source: Irish Independent February 25, 2021 20:54 UTC