Life satisfaction rated low for more than a third of people during level 5 restrictions 

The first months of the year also took their toll on the nation's collective psyche, with women particularly affected, while the entire 18-month-long pandemic deflated overall satisfaction with life, the CSO found.

More than a third of people rated their overall life satisfaction as low during level 5 restrictions, a far higher number than even following the last decade's financial crash. 

That is according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO) assessment of Covid-19 on Irish life over the past 18 months, which examined life quality, finances, employment, and other factors.