Terry Prone: If isolation is imposed, solitary need not necessarily mean solemn

‘Panic-buying’ is the pejorative term used by elitists to demean the efforts of the ordinary to control the uncontrollable, writes Terry Prone

Within a hour of the government’s announcement of new measures to combat the spread of Covid-19 on Thursday, queues began to form outside supermarkets around the country — like at the car park at Lidl in Carrigaline, Co Cork. Picture: David Creedon / Anzenberger