One in five people admit they are “very unlikely” or “unlikely” to comply with Covid-19 restrictions that would prevent them seeing family and friends over the Christmas.  The findings from the Central Statistics Office come as public health officials warned that people should not socialise with friends or they risk passing on the virus to older relatives at Christmas.  For more we were joined by Pete Lunn, Founder and head of the ESRI's Behavioural Research Unit.

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