Áine Kenny: Where is the logic in allowing shoppers to buy wine, but not clothes?

Áine Kenny asks why some have been left behind again in the second lockdown. 

Who decides what items are 'essential' under the lock down? File Picture: Sasko Lazarov/ RollingNews.ie

Just over a week ago, Ireland went into its second Covid-19 lockdown. 

While for some, there was a sense of inevitability and familiarity, for many others, it was a sense of concern and dread.