There was “a pretty embarrassing situation” for the Government on Wednesday, he noted during Covid questions to the Taoiseach. With each Dáil sitting and more unanswered questions, the colour-coded Kelly alert level has been climbing. Stage yellow (significant risk) is the preferred one, with stage orange or even stage red (boom!) Not only that, but there wouldn’t even be a bells and whistles Covid-19 committee without Alan’s Labour Party. “I don’t think the letters are ‘explosive’,” said Harris, making little quotation marks in the air with his fingers.

Source: The Irish Times May 14, 2020 20:58 UTC