Lockdown life through a Cork teenager's lens: 'We are given all this time, and nowhere to spend it'

As we muddle our way through Covid 19 restrictions, 16-year-old Chloe Corcoran gives us a glimpse of lockdown life from a teenager's perspective

Chloe Corcoran at home at Ovens. Picture: Denis Minihane.

Period four technical graphics, Thursday. I remember it well. This was my last 'normal' class in school before it all started. In the beginning, I thought we’d be back to normal before Easter. I was a bit off with this estimation.

I vividly remember talking to my friends on Good Friday, a very Good Friday for some. On this day, it was announced that the 2020 Junior Certificate was cancelled and summer had begun early. I can’t say I didn't want to sit the JC. I had put in a lot of work to prepare for my first set of State exams, however, I still felt relieved when I found out.