Just over two weeks ago, I reported for the RTÉ Six One News on the most upbeat NPHET press conference in the whole 15 months of the pandemic.
It was Thursday 17 June, the weather was lovely and so was the news. Covid case numbers were falling rapidly, the outbreak was "shrinking" and the outlook was positive.
Previously, the Chief Medical Officer, Dr Tony Holohan, had warned about a dark cloud on the horizon. Well in the view of NPHET now, that cloud has got an awful lot closer.
The last 24 hours has brought hugely disappointing news for the hospitality sector, raising the prospect of indoor dining only being possible, at an unknown time in the future, for people fully vaccinated, or who can prove they had Covid in the last nine months.