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Confidence in Executive shaken when schools in Ireland closed in 2020 – O’Neill

An announcement of school closures in the Irish Republic in March 2020 when schools in Northern Ireland remained open shook public confidence, Michelle O’Neill has said. Ms O’Neill, who served as deputy first minister during the coronavirus pandemic,...

14 May 2024 at 14:17

Northern Ireland

Devolved regions ‘politely entertained but not listened to’ during pandemic

Devolved administrations felt they were “politely entertained but not really listened to” by Whitehall during the Covid-19 pandemic, Stormont’s former finance minister has said. Conor Murphy told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry that there had been a ...

26 Mar 2025 at 16:09

Northern Ireland

Direct rule ‘only option to intervene if NI ministers failed to agree on Covid’

Former secretary of state Sir Brandon Lewis was advised in late 2020 that the reintroduction of direct rule in Northern Ireland was the “only option” to intervene if Stormont ministers could not agree over Covid measures. The advice came ...

09 May 2024 at 23:03

National News

‘Unpredicted events’ to blame for delay to Ireland’s Covid inquiry – Varadkar

Irish premier Leo Varadkar has said Ireland’s Covid inquiry will “certainly” be held next year after being delayed this year due to a series of “unpredictable events”. A review of how Ireland handled the Covid-19 pandemic is expected to ...

18 Dec 2023 at 14:53

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland had lowest Covid deaths rate in UK, report states

Northern Ireland had fewer deaths per head of population than England, Scotland or Wales across the three years of the pandemic, evidence given to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry has stated. A report, published on the inquiry website, sets out ...

13 Nov 2023 at 11:35

National News

Covid-19 inquiry begins work examining Government’s response to pandemic

The UK Covid-19 Inquiry has opened its investigation into the decisions made by Boris Johnson’s Government during the pandemic. There will be a particular focus initially on early 2020 until the first lockdown was imposed in late ...

31 Aug 2022 at 12:49

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