Joyce Fegan: Lockdown Take 3 - 'This is getting in on top of all of us'

But a vaccine is on its way and with it, is our move into a state of recovery, as opposed to disaster management. What kind of recovery would you like?

A closed sign outside a shuttered shop. There is no sugar-coating your way out of disappointment, depletion and despair as Lockdown Take 3 bites. You just have to feel your way out of it as we move into a state of recovery rather than disaster management.

“This sucks, let’s be truthful” — this week, neither on the steps of Government buildings nor on the RTÉ’s Six One news, but in an Instagram video, Simon Harris summed up the mood of the nation as news hit of a third lockdown, right as most of us are about to down tools and gather with loved ones after months and months of hardship and isolation.

The timing could not have been worse.