Minister for Higher Education Simon Harris said that the State – like many other countries – found itself in a “dark and worrying place” in relation to Covid-19 right now. He was speaking shortly after Ministers were notified a Cabinet meeting has been hastily arranged for Wednesday afternoon, to discuss the deteriorating situation as regards the Covid-19 pandemic. There will be a Cabinet meeting tomorrow afternoon. “Be in no doubt, nobody needs a Cabinet meeting or a Government decision to tell us what we need to do. Mr O’Brien said on Tuesday that keeping schools closed had not come up at the t Cabinet meeting on Monday evening.

Source: The Irish Times December 29, 2020 17:05 UTC