Had the Irish government followed the UK response in the 1st COVID wave, we would have suffered about 2,500 further deaths (on top of the 1,635 people who died before May 31, 2020). Thankfully that didn't happen.
Nevertheless, we will await Ireland's COVID-19 Evaluation...
UK Covid Inquiry concludes: 23,000 deaths could've been prevented if the March 2020 lockdown had been imposed just a week earlier.
No mistake by any prime minister in living memory has caused so many deaths in the UK.
The tragic and catastrophic price of Boris Johnson's incompetence & negligence.
Nov 21, 2025 14:58On January 21, 2022, and after widespread vaccination, Taoiseach Michael Martin asked us to remove our masks and return to normal.
Then and now, Ireland ranks mid-table in the world in terms of cumulative deaths. Which countries were more, or less, successful than us is clear.
I hope that international comparisons are included in the scope of analysis of the COVID-19 Evaluation - considering deaths, infections, and crucially time in restrictions.
