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The Last Word with Matt Cooper

Has Our Social Behaviour Changed Since The Covid-19 Pandemic?

Mar 26, 2025
10:39

The CSO has released a survey showing the long term impact the experience of living through the Covid-19 pandemic has made.

Five years on, one in four people who were surveyed said they still try to avoid shaking hands, while a third of respondents between the ages of 22 and 29 said that their alcohol consumption increased since Covid restrictions were introduced.

Tim Bergin, People Consulting Partner at EY Ireland and Helen Vaughan, psychotherapist at Maynooth Counselling spoke to Matt on Wednesday’s The Last Word.

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