No doubt there isn’t a single person in the country who isn’t dreaming of a return to normality of some kind where we can go to any shop, restaurant, or pub.

And with the numbers continuing to go in the right direction, attention again begins to turn to a possibly reopening of the economy.

Writing in last week’s Sunday Independent Economist Colm McCarthy urged the government not to give in to any lobby groups calling for a premature relaxation of restrictions - he joined Bobby to discuss further.

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