Cianan Brennan: Government's Covid-19 approach full of inconsistencies and incompetence

They said we were flattening the curve. How on earth were things let get so out of control in the space of three short months?

They say that the five stages of grief are denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.

That being the case, the announcement of a second lockdown for the 26 counties on Monday night has seen me dig so hard into an anger bunker that I’m not sure I’ll really have any time for the other four stages.