Julie Jay is a writer, presenter and stand-up comic. She is co-host of the Up to 90 podcast with Emma Doran which will be recorded live on Sunday in the Spailpín Fánach, as part of Cork Podcast Festival

NO, seriously, don’t panic – there’s enough cash stuffed under the bed to keep things going until April – we won’t have to start shutting down the hospitals and Garda stations until then at the earliest.