John Halligan: We can't sustain never-ending lockdowns

A long-term solution is needed for how society is going to live with Covid-19, writes former junior minister John Halligan.

A deserted Grand Parade in Cork city. Picture: Damian Coleman

In the second last week of October, the people of Ireland were once again thrust into a highly restrictive, draconian lockdown in a bid to quell the latest upsurge in coronavirus cases. It’s become clear to me, as it should be to many, that we would have greater success in holding back the ocean’s tide with our hands.

I listened with great interest to a recent Prime Time contribution from the retired British Professor of Pathology, Dr John Lee.