On Thursday, Leo Varadkar announced that schools and colleges around the country would close for two weeks. He advised anyone who could work from home to do so and urged people to stay away from large crowds.
Of course, this means that a lot of people will not see their friends for quite some time. Thankfully, Irish comedian Alison Spittle has decided to bring people closer together through the power of the internet.
On Friday she started the first of her now extremely popular ‘covideo’ parties. Rather than sitting at home going stir-crazy, you can sit at home, watch Netflix and engage in conversations over Twitter.
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