Undoubtedly, the scenes on Grafton Street in Dublin city centre on Saturday afternoon were fuelled by a societal frustration with the unrelenting Covid-19 restrictions. It is surprising it took this long for civil unrest to break out given the unprecedented and draconian laws being enforced for nearly 12 months. We are approaching the anniversary of the first nationwide lockdown and we are in the middle of a third one. The Government is trying its best to manage the once-in-a-lifetime global pandemic but there are no easy solutions. Cross-party support during the national crisis is long gone and opposition parties have been playing politics with Covid-19 for months.

Source: Irish Independent March 01, 2021 00:33 UTC