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It's a year to the day since then Taoiseach Leo Varadkar made a speech in Washington announcing the start of a nationwide lockdown. NPHET is now warning of worrying signs of "slippage" among the public that could have a negative impact on the spread of COVID-19. After a year of restrictions, how close are we to living lockdown-free? To discuss this we were joined by Dr Jack Lambert, Professor of Medicine and Infectious Diseases at the UCD School of Medicine, Joanne Hyde, Partner and Head of Employment Law and Commercial at global law firm Eversheds Sutherland, and Michael McNamara, Independent TD for Clare and former chairman of the Oireachtas Covid Committee. [audio mp3="https://media.radiocms.net/uploads/2021/03/12173221/LW-One-Year-Of-Restrictions.mp3"][/audio]