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Covid inquiry terms of reference to be brought to Cabinet ‘shortly’, says Harris

The terms of reference for Ireland’s Covid inquiry are to be brought to Cabinet “shortly”, according to Simon Harris, who said the format should encourage transparency. A review of how Ireland handled the Covid-19 pandemic is expected to analyse the ...

04 Jan 2024 at 15:08

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 the scale of ...

13 Nov 2023 at 11:35

Northern Ireland

SF ministers had ‘one eye towards’ Dublin over Covid schools closure – Weir

Sinn Fein ministers acted with “one eye towards” Dublin when considering whether schools in Northern Ireland should close in the early months of the Covid pandemic, Lord Peter Weir has said. A barrister for the UK Covid-19 Inquiry asked the former ...

08 May 2024 at 13:00

Northern Ireland

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 ...

14 May 2024 at 14:17

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

Former NI secretary tells Covid inquiry about ‘concerns’ Stormont could collapse

Former Northern Ireland secretary Sir Brandon Lewis said he feared the Stormont Executive could collapse in autumn 2020, as tensions rose between ministers about whether to extend Covid restrictions. Giving evidence to the UK Covid-19 ...

09 May 2024 at 17:22

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 ...

26 Mar 2025 at 16:09

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