Since the beginning of the crisis, the messaging from the government - to the public has been consistent in terms of keeping the fight against COVID going. There has been a huge amount of support and congratulations for the hard sacrifices and determination from the county collectively. 

This however changed last Friday, as we heard signals from Leo Varadkar, Simon Harris and CMO Dr Tony Holohan about their growing concern around the publics continued effort in social distancing. A narrative began to form on whether people around the country were becoming lax in their daily routine?

Mark Paul is Business Affairs Correspondent with The Irish Times, and during the week he wrote a piece suggesting the government are now using the public as a scapegoat to avoid tough questions in relation to shortcomings in testing and contact tracing, as a continuation of lockdown looks ever more certain. Ian Doyle spoke to him about whether these messages were just, and where the weakness lies in the governments public testing policies?

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