Covid-19: Almost half expect it to take two years for 'normal' life to return

While some people are enjoying spending more quality time with people they live with, many people are also rating their life satisfaction as low. File Picture.

More than 70% of people believe that going to level 5 restrictions on the back of rising Covid-19 cases was the right move – but there are warning signs that restrictions are taking a heavy toll on mental health, official data has found.

A Central Statistics Office (CSO) survey on the effects of level 5 in November, at the height of the second lockdown, found almost two-thirds rating their compliance with Government advice and guidelines as high, compared with four in five who rated their compliance as high in April.