Leo Varadkar has heaped praise onto the National Public Health Emergency Team and Dr Tony Holohan, saying that the Irish public should be full of gratitude for their work in the last 18 months.
But speaking at a press conference after Ireland's roadmap to normality was revealed, he seems to have changed his attitude in the months since.
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