Irish Examiner view: Patience is key on our road out of pandemic

We cannot drop our guard now

When Donegal tourism interests used the marketing line “we do things differently in Donegal” they cannot have imagined that proud exceptionalism would mean that gardaí in the county would have to set up a hotline to allow the public to report parties or gatherings organised despite pandemic guidelines.

Donegal is not alone of course, every county and nearly every community has had a blip or two.