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Most people in a survey by the Institute for Economic and Social Research believe that lifting the Covid-19 restrictions will be slow and gradual.
Only a minority of 28% believe that life will return to normal later this year.
The survey was conducted the week before the government’s roadmap for lifting the Covid-19 restrictions was released.
However, ESRI believes that it provides a good benchmark for people’s opinions and expectations on how life will evolve here during the pandemic.
The three restrictions that people would consider would have the greatest impact on their lives if “interaction beyond their home”, traveling longer distances and the opening of non-essential stores and services were eliminated.
About half of the people surveyed thought that non-essential travel within Ireland would resume in late August or earlier.
More than 38% believed that overseas travel would not resume until at least next year. The most popular response to opening non-essential stores was in late June.
A clear majority agreed with the opinion that it would be longer than next year before life returned to normal, with no social distancing or Covid-19 cases in Ireland.
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