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Editorial: Pandemic inquiry will be the moment of accountability for Nphet

A thorough, measured and fair review of our collective national response to Covid-19 will inform lessons for the future

Members of the Garda Public Order Unit disperse crowds on Dublin’s streets during the Covid pandemic lockdown. Picture: RollingNews

The Covid-19 pandemic that ravaged the world in 2020 and 2021 was the most deadly and disruptive event of the 21st century. The coronavirus and everything associated with it – millions of deaths, economic upheaval, unprecedented social lockdowns and limits on personal freedoms, and terrible political leadership, among others – will reverberate globally for years to come.

Yet the worst now seems to be over, and as we attempt to understand what happened, it is ...