Irish Examiner View: Act now to keep our schools open

Taoiseach Micheál Martin addressing the nation about the new level 5 restrictions. Picture: Julien Behal

Yesterday's grey, grim and increasingly winter-like weather was in step with the mood of the country after the Government announced new, tighter Covid-19 restrictions. 

A range of stiff, difficult, and isolating measures, especially so for those trying to keep struggling businesses going, did not include the closure of schools, though logic suggests that would have been a justifiable and sensible move.