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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
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Cate McCurry

Prof Philip Nolan admits he 'did not communicate Covid models as well as necessary' before case surge

A public health expert has said he did not communicate the Covid-19 models "as well as was necessary" to Government ministers, weeks before Ireland had the world's highest incidence of cases.

Professor Philip Nolan, who was a key member of the advisory group assisting the Government in the battle against Covid, made the comments at the University of Limerick on Monday.

The former head of National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet) modelling said that as health experts, "we need to be better at communicating the range of possibilities and uncertainties".

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