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All-Ireland forum would have been ‘extremely helpful’ during Covid – union boss

A civic forum between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland would have been “extremely helpful” in preparing for the Covid pandemic, a trade union leader has said. Gerry Murphy, the assistant general secretary of Irish Congress of Trade ...

17 Jul 2023 at 21:32

Northern Ireland

I wish I had been told about information flow concern, Swann tells Covid inquiry

Health Minister Robin Swann has said he wishes he had been approached about concerns around the information coming from his department at the start of the coronavirus pandemic. He said he only became aware of the concerns of former first ...

13 May 2024 at 16:07

Northern Ireland

Storey funeral had potential to undermine public health message – McBride

Northern Ireland’s top doctor has told the Covid-19 Inquiry of his concern that scenes of a large number of people attending the funeral of republican Bobby Storey during the pandemic had the potential to undermine confidence in public ...

10 May 2024 at 17:14

Northern Ireland

Investigation into ‘missing’ notes from key Executive meeting

An investigation has been ordered after it emerged there were “missing” notes from a key meeting of the Stormont Executive. The handwritten notes related to a meeting of the Executive on July 2 2020, which was the first meeting of ...

03 May 2024 at 17:32

Northern Ireland

Bereaved family members call for accountability for NI Covid response

Families of people who died of Covid-19 have called for accountability for decisions made in Northern Ireland in response to the pandemic. On Thursday, former health minister Robin Swann and Dr Denis McMahon, permanent secretary ...

06 Jul 2023 at 19:01

Northern Ireland

Activating emergency response to Covid in NI few days earlier ‘probably prudent’

The former head of Northern Ireland’s Civil Service has said it “probably would have been prudent” to have established the emergency response to the coronavirus pandemic days earlier. The UK Government initiated COBR in January ...

01 May 2024 at 17:01

Northern Ireland

Michelle O’Neill ‘accepts’ she should have kept WhatsApp data for Covid inquiry

Stormont First Minister Michelle O’Neill has said she accepts she should have kept WhatsApp exchanges for the Covid-19 Inquiry rather than wiping her phone. The inquiry previously heard that a number of government-issued ...

14 May 2024 at 17:01

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland could have been better prepared for pandemic, inquiry told

Northern Ireland could have been better prepared to deal with the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, a barrister for the Department of Health has said. However, Neasa Murnaghan KC also told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry ...

19 Jul 2023 at 14:24

Northern Ireland

NI less prepared for pandemic in 2020 than it was a decade earlier, inquiry told

A three-year political impasse and ongoing budget uncertainty left the health system in Northern Ireland less well equipped to deal with a pandemic than it had been a decade earlier, the region’s chief medical ...

10 May 2024 at 12:48

Northern Ireland

Legacy of powersharing vacuum before Covid hit ‘will be examined by UK inquiry’

The legacy of Northern Ireland’s powersharing vacuum prior to the Covid-19 emergency will inevitably by examined by the UK inquiry into the pandemic, a preliminary hearing has been told. Lead counsel to the ...

02 Nov 2022 at 17:26

Northern Ireland

We could have done some things differently, Stormont official tells Covid probe

Some things could have been done differently during the coronavirus pandemic, a senior Northern Ireland civil servant has told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry. Dr Denis McMahon, permanent secretary of the ...

06 Jul 2023 at 14:04

Northern Ireland

I wish we could have done more to support staff in pandemic, NI CMO says

Northern Ireland’s chief medical officer has said he wishes they could have done more for staff working during the pandemic. Sir Michael McBride said the pandemic “took a heavy toll” on health ...

24 Sept 2024 at 17:12

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