'I am fortunate to even get here in the first place and it was so great to see my family'

Family members peer through the glass as they wait for loved ones outside Terminal 1 in Dublin Airport. Picture Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

It was the briefest of reunions for one Cork family, but one they were grateful to have, before new restrictions are imposed by various countries due to the relentless nature of Covid-19.

In a situation mirroring hundreds of families across the country, caught between a ‘will-we or-won’t-we’ rock and a hard place, Aisling Willis flew home from Glasgow to see her family in Douglas last Saturday.