I know this because, while out for a State-sanctioned walk well within my 5km, I decide to check on the flights arriving and the flights departing on the Dublin Airport website. I see all the messages the travellers are seeing as they make their way through the airport. Meanwhile, back here in Lockdown Central, every time we drive to the supermarket we are quizzed by friendly gardaí about what we are doing and where we are going. I don’t know if the gardaí would view that kind of retail therapy as essential so I say “food shopping” and they smile and say “carry on, so”. There’s not much to show for three months locked down at Level 5I tell them about the flights.

Source: The Irish Times March 24, 2021 05:00 UTC