You can feel it in the air now, see it in the brighter days and hear it in the dawn chorus. It's as though spring has arrived early this year.
Ireland has reached a turning point in the battle with coronavirus. We are at, or about to pass the peak. Hospital and ICU cases are stabilising, if not reducing.
And up to 30% of hospital cases with Covid-19 are patients there for other reasons who have tested positive for the virus. Meanwhile, the positivity rate in daily case numbers is falling.
Even the traditionally conservative NPHET were largely upbeat at their briefing this week. Dare we say it, but things are looking good, bar any surprises.