‘Our journey essentially began with an announcement from Micheál Martin in October 2020 that Ireland was going from Level 2 of Covid restrictions to Level 5 in order to ‘save’ Christmas. We are both self-employed. I run a performing arts school and Danny has a physio clinic so while Danny’s clinic was able to stay open, it meant that after weeks and weeks of jumping through hoops to figure out and become compliant with Covid guidelines, I was shut down again with little hope of being able to open until 2021.