250,000-plus people join hobby groups on Facebook during coronavirus outbreak

Over quarter of a million people in Ireland have joined hobby groups on Facebook since the outbreak of Covid-19 (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Over a quarter of a million people in Ireland have joined hobby groups on Facebook since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, figures show.

This is in addition to the more than 120,000 people in Ireland who also joined fitness and wellbeing groups to keep active during the health crisis.