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There was an opening of several public buildings and spaces early last summer, and there was pressure for schools to reopen. This seemed to come a trifle too soon, and we witnessed a spike by the end of August, and a lockdown was eventually called after Christmas. Even Churches in a predominantly Catholic country were closed slightly before the Roman Catholic Easter period though they reopened soon after as the numbers of Covid-19 cases lowered considerably. We are now eagerly awaiting the return of travel possibilities this June. The year also saw the gradual and systematic rolling out of the vaccine with people of my age about to receive their second jab around this month.