Ireland Grapples with Stubbornly High Excess Death Rates Amid Post-Lockdown Scrutiny
Dublin, Ireland — Nearly five years have passed since the initial outbreak of COVID-19, yet the repercussions of Ireland’s prolonged lockdown measures are still largely unexplored. Despite previous assurances from officials like Simon Harris about conducting a thorough public inquiry prior to the general election, progress has been conspicuously absent. Current data raises daunting questions, emphasized by a recent Eurostat report which positions Ireland as having one of the highest excess mortality rates in the …