Today was the day Anne Gillanders had been waiting 16 long weeks for as she drove from her home in Dublin to Sligo see her mother, Muriel Coulter, for the first time since lockdown.
Muriel is a resident in the Mowlam Nursing Home in Sligo town and Anne and her brother Trevor have been keeping in touch with her as best they can with daily phone calls or WhatsApp video chats.
While it was great to be able to see her online during lockdown, Anne said it was not the same as visiting their mother in person.
The easing of Covid-19 restrictions meant that Anne could finally visit her mother today and from now on, she and her brother will take it in turns to visit Muriel until normal visiting hours resume. "It's great to be able to be here, I've