'The buzz is fantastic': Cork people hit the treadmills to shake off 5 months of cobwebs

Gym members across Cork didn't take long to get back to it as doors opened across the country for the first time in more than five months.

The repeated clinking of metal, grunts of determination as the treadmills whirred, and the splashing sounds of water interspersed with glorious squeals of delighted children.

It could mean only one thing - around Cork, the reopening of gyms and leisure centres felt like a bank holiday gift from the heavens.