Irish Examiner view: Let’s make most of this opportunity

As level three Covid restrictions set in across the county, let's come together better so we might beat it

Reckless celebrations like those indulged in by groups of supporters of Cork's Blackrock club over the weekend made lockdown inevitable.

The American doctors who bravely criticised president Donald Trump's "shameful" visit to supporters outside the hospital where he is, apparently, being treated for Covid-19, can only look on despairingly as their efforts to contain the pandemic are undermined by the very person who should, in word and deed, support health protocols. However, they can only watch as out-of-control narcissism becomes a real threat to their country and its 320m citizens' wellbeing. 

Had they the opportunity they might have acted as wisely as the GAA did yesterday when "with immediate effect and until further notice" it suspended all club activities. The disdain for Covid-19 restrictions at some games, and reckless celebrations like those indulged in by groups of supporters of Cork's Blackrock club over the weekend made lockdown inevitable.