Shopping, school, sports, and hugs – children tell Oireachtas what they missed during lockdown 

From left: Conor James, 11, from Sandymount, LilyRose Wogan Martin, 12, from Marino and Olga Bukina 13 from Dundrum outside Leinster House in Dublin on Tuesday before they presented to the Children's Committee on what children in Ireland have told them about their experiences of lockdown. Picture:Gareth Chaney/Collins

Shopping, school, sports and hugs were among the many things children missed during the pandemic and the Government needs to do more to listen to the youngest generation.

That’s according to a group of young children involved in the Ark Children's Council, who shared their Covid-19 experiences with the Oireachtas Children’s Committee today.