The latest round of restrictions on our lives is going to bite deeply into the recovery plans for the tourism, travel, and transport sectors, not to mention our households. Kildare, Laois, and Offaly are locked down. Workplaces are shutting and we are all being asked to work from home if we can. Again. Gatherings and sporting events are to be limited. Again. Use of public transport is discouraged. Again. The government has decided to dance around the virus, reacting to its movements. The main reason the government looks less effective than the previous one is simply this fact. In the…

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