Due to Covid-19, 2020 was a year like no other. A year of huge upheaval for everyone, including children. Everything changed on March 12th with the closure of schools. Children had to get used to home schooling, not seeing their friends or some family members. It was a year when sport and activities stopped, primary school graduations were on Zoom, birthday parties were smaller and visits to granny and grandad meant waving through a window..
news2day takes a look back at this extraordinary year, when Covid-19 was THE story of 2020. A year of change, uncertainty, sadness and kindness.
Aisling Moloney and Mícheál Ó Scannáil look back at the year when we were together apart, the year of Zoom calls and quizzes, hand sanitiser, masks and social distance. Since their return to school, children have engaged with news2day in an unprecedented way.
There were lots of other big stories in 2020 – a general election and new government in Ireland, a presidential election in the US, Brexit, Black Lives Matter, bushfires in Australia. Plus sport, entertainment and we had all the giggles thanks to the crazy antics of our furry friends.