Official Ministerial Broadcast

The Taoiseach made a Ministerial Broadcast, to the Nation at 9pm on RTÉ 17th March 2020.

After a video-conference with European Heads of Government this afternoon, and a tele-conference with the Cabinet to agree emergency Covid-19 legislation this evening, Leo Varadkar tweeted "This is a Patrick's Day like no other. We cannot stop the virus, but we can push it back. We will always put your life and your health first. In future, let them say: when things were at their worst, we were at our best."

The broadcast was made under Section 112 of the Broadcast Act which is in place to allow the Government to broadcast in the event of a major emergencies.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/0317/1123774-taoiseach-to-broadcast-to-country-on-covid-19-at-9pm/