Covid was back in the news this week, but for some people it ever went away. It’s as if as a society there has been a reversion to the old Irish response to anything awkward or unpleasant. Sure it’s all over, best to say nothing and take plenty of no notice of what went on. This week there was a public session of the “review” of the pandemic set up by the government in 2024. It is quite obvious that the government views a proper inquiry as a potential stick with which it might be beaten.

Source: Irish Examiner April 04, 2026 12:01 UTC