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On the cusp of lockdown 2.0

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Despite the bitter weather, winter in Ireland has its way of exceeding our sometimes disappointing summers. There's the warm glow of pubs with the chance of nabbing a seat beside the fire.

There’s the buzz of town where the air is thick with the possibility of bumping in to an old friend. And there is that most enduring and reliable of Irish rituals: preparing for a loved one coming home for Christmas.

All of this is now in the balance as the country is on the cusp of lockdown 2:0. Today Government ministers are pondering a big decision: whether to move to level five restrictions – a lockdown of sorts but without the novelty factor, gallows humour and sense of unity that characterised the last one.

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