Padraig Cribben: 12 months on, all pubs want is a coherent roadmap for hope

A man walks past a closed bar in Dublin on St Patrick’s Day. Picture: Peter Morrison/AP

Twelve months on from the beginning of the Covid crisis, it’s fair to say nobody making key decisions back in March 2020 could have foreseen the depressing circumstances in which we find ourselves today.

As a nation we’re exhausted, anxious, and, to use a well-worn phrase, at the end of our tether.