Eurovision may be looming on the virtual horizon but no I am not writing about the Johnny logan classic. Navigating my way through the various rat runs of early morning news outlets it seems 2021 may not be the breakthrough year we’ve all been hoping for after all.

Talk of more travel restrictions, quarantine hotels, and the EU clamping down on vaccine exports. Will this madness ever end? I suspect it will end with a fizzle as opposed to a bang but don’t expect to wake up some morning to a surprise headline announcing that it’s all over and we’re getting an additional public holiday to celebrate.