Jess Casey: Parents' confidence is ebbing but here are three key measures to improve school safety

Anthony Kerfoot (aged 8) from Dublin, with an anti-mask protest outside Leinster House. The protestors oppose a mask mandate for children in schools. Picture: Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie

There’s been a terrible sense of deja vu seeping through December, with NPHET warnings, fresh restrictions and last-minute state of the nation addresses feeling all too familiar in the run-up to the ill-fated Christmas season last year.

We all remember what January 2021 brought. It was one of the lowest points in the country’s modern history and made all the worse with the closure of schools and creches.