'We must remember': Graham Norton helps unveil covid memorial in Bandon

'It’s terrific that this is being memorialised with this beautiful artwork in memory of what we all went through, what we sacrificed, and the people and things that we lost.'

(Left to right) Burkie, Graham Norton, Noreen Walsh and Bridie O’Mahony at the unveiling of the ‘Making Meaning of Covid’ memorial artwork on the Allin Institute Plaza in Bandon. Picture: Chani Anderson

Award-winning chat show host and author Graham Norton said it’s important to remember what we all sacrificed and lost during the pandemic as he helped unveil a special intergenerational covid memorial in his hometown on Wednesday.

Mr Norton, who is spending the summer with his husband Jonathan in his West Cork hideaway in Ahakista, said he was delighted to unveil the ‘Making Meaning of Covid’ artwork in Bandon.