lockdown

lockdown thoughts

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Notes from lockdown: ‘I hold back tears so as not to worry my sensitive four-year-old’

Early on, the tears stubbornly refused to come. I grappled with the feeling of being confined and communicated…

By IMAGE

EDITORIAL

Are hairdressers going to open earlier than expected?

The Irish Hairdressers' Federation has put together an extensive list of over 100 measures that salons could take…

By Megan Burns

EDITORIAL

‘While the pandemic won’t define us, it’s done a stellar job of unraveling all our carefully laid plans’

We have one foot in our old lives, another in our new normal. Amanda Cassidy wonders if we…

By Amanda Cassidy

EDITORIAL

WATCH: 100-year-old Margaret Lynch writes emotional letter to her great-grandson

Letters From Lockdown: Dear Daniel is a new short film from RTÉ that shows 100-year-old Margaret Lynch writing…

By Edaein OConnell

virtual quiz

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IMAGEWrites: Does anyone have virtual quiz fatigue yet? Not me, says trivia addict Lucy White

If you can’t go to the pub quiz, let the pub quiz come to you. Friends and families…

By Lucy White

Lockdown in Vancouver

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Lockdown life in Vancouver: ‘There is an inescapable sense of sadness downtown’

Fiona Cooney had hoped to move back to Dublin next month, but the pandemic changed her plans. Here…

By IMAGE

predicted Leaving Certificate grades

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Minister for Education says teachers are not obliged to base calculated LC grades on mock exams

Minister for Education Joe McHugh told the Dáil yesterday that mock exams would not dictate predicted grades, and…

By Megan Burns

Woodies reopening

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We’ve reached the stage of boredom where Woodies reopening has been treated like a festival launch

With phase one of lockdown lifting today, it seems the reopening of large DIY stores like Woodies has…

By Megan Burns

EDITORIAL

IMAGEWrites: Lucy White remembers the horrors of the exam hall and wonders why the system has barely changed

As the government wrangles with its “Plan B”, our writer remembers the institutional horrors of the exam hall…

By Lucy White

EDITORIAL

Funerals amid coronavirus: “We had no-one to hug us. My dad deserved so much more”

Saying goodbye to a loved one is unimaginably difficult, but amid the coronavirus restrictions, not being surrounded by…

By Amanda Cassidy

EDITORIAL

Moving video series beautifully captures Irish life lockdown, both at home and abroad

Lost Together is a project launched by Dublin-based video editor Luca Byrne. Designed for IGTV, each episode capturing…

By Lauren Heskin

skills to learn during lockdown

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10 wildly impressive new skills to learn in the last week of lockdown

With some of the Covid-19 restrictions set to ease next week, if you're approaching the end of full…

By Megan Burns