'Will people ever be comfortable going into packed pubs again? I’m not sure'

One year on, businesses in Munster speak about the impact of Covid-19 

'At the time did we think we would be closed for 12 months? Definitely not.' Jack Costello in the Locke Bar, Limerick which shut its doors on March 14 last year. Picture: Brian Arthur

“EVERYONE will have to diversify to adapt to what the new normal is. I don’t think the vaccine will be all-saving.”

Those were the words of Limerick publican Jack Costello of the family-run Locke Bar as it marks the one-year anniversary of the Covid-19 pandemic. It is one of hundreds of thousands of businesses and organisations severely impacted by the virus and examining what the future will hold.