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As Simon Coveney briefed the Cabinet last Tuesday about plans for virtual St Patrick s Day events across the globe, Stephen Donnelly joked to colleagues that with actual parades going ahead in Sydney and Auckland, he would happily volunteer to attend on behalf of the Government.
Not everyone might see the funny side of the Health Minister s quip - given Ireland s Covid strategy has been compared unfavourably to those of Australia and New Zealand in recent months.
But Donnelly could be forgiven for a moment of humour in an otherwise tough week for the Government, as the vaccine roll-out stuttered and the Government engaged an increasingly rancorous spat with a vaccine manufacturer.