Irish Examiner view: We must combat loneliness 'virus'

A ban on house visits is likely to hit the elderly hardest. File picture: PA

The Government’s decision to ban all house — and, strangely, garden — visits nationwide to curb the spread of coronavirus will come as a blow to the many thousands who already feel isolated by the series of unprecedented restrictions imposed since March.

The corrosive effect of that isolation has underlined the presence of another unseen virus circulating widely in our communities — loneliness.