A survey by the Central Statistics Office on the well-being and lifestyle of people under Level 5 restrictions has found that 11.5% of respondents felt downhearted, or depressed, all or most of the time.
It compares with 5.5% of respondents surveyed in April. In November, more than one in three respondents rated their overall life satisfaction as 'low' compared with 29.6% in April and 8.7% in 2018.
Just over 39% of respondents believe that, within the next 12 months, their lives will return to something like it was before the onset of the Covid-19 crisis.
Over 45% of people believe it will be between one and two years. More than two in ten respondents who consume alcohol reported an increase in their alcohol consumption, compared with