Speaking in Seoul, South Korea, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said that questions about whether Ireland locked down too hard could not be answered by saying yes or no.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said that he is “not convinced” that the “benefits” of Ireland’s final COVID-19 lockdown outweighed the “non-benefits”.
“We didn't know what we were dealing with, new virus, high mortality rate, no vaccines. absolutely the right thing to do.“But I'm not convinced that the benefits of that outweighed the non-benefits.” “There's one thing that I, in particular, am interested in as well, is to get an assessment as to what the long-term consequences of short-term decisions are.
An explosive COVID inquiry is already underway in the UK and has dominated headlines as text messages sent by key Government ministers and officials are released.
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