Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said he expects Ireland will have to continue living with the Covid-19 virus until at least the end of 2021 but that he hopes to see a vaccine by the middle of next year. On a more optimistic note, Mr Martin said he was heartened by Irish research into therapeutics which was “improving all the time”. Mr Martin added that the new oversight committee had been established to ensure “better coordination across all government departments” and for “better alignment between recommendations and implementations”. “I don’t think we can be political about Covid-19, I think it transcends politics,” he said. We all do it but the public don’t want that.

Source: The Irish Times September 19, 2020 14:07 UTC