Following three long lockdowns, Ireland is now thankfully in the recovery phase of its response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Last January, we saw the removal of almost all remaining restrictions which allowed the hospitality industry to revert to normalised trading patterns. City centre footfall and overseas tourism are still not back to pre-pandemic levels but, by last summer, both were about 90 per cent of the way there, according to relevant data.
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