Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said Ireland may be close to the level "at which we can live with the virus". He said the overriding imperative right now is to keep the virus suppressed to avoid "if possible" a second lockdown.
The Tánaiste made his remarks at the Dublin Economics Workshop this afternoon. He said he did not believe the impact of the coronavirus on the economy could be summed up in "a single hit hypothesis" like a V-shape or K-shaped recovery as he thinks there will be "multiple hits" and it was more akin to an ongoing war.
The Fine Gael leader added that people should not assume that it will be another 100 years before the next pandemic hits, and that he believes things will never be the same again.