TWELVE months on from being hit as a nation, north and south, by Covid-19, we have collectively reached that sobering milestone first anniversary.

Slowly and surely, we are coming out the other side of this dreadful pandemic that has claimed over 4,500 lives here. With light now at the end of the tunnel – and hopefully the pace of the vaccine rollout will pick up sigificantly in Republic – we can all dare to collectively breathe a little easier.