Irish in Melbourne: 'We have never felt so far away'

Officials decided to reimpose restrictions after the state of Victoria recorded its largest single-day increase of almost 200 new cases on Tuesday.Tipperary woman Michelle O'Donnell said due to the internal travel restrictions she cannot visit her newly born niece and she does not know when she will be able to visit her family in Ireland again either.

Ms McKenna, who is from Monaghan, added that she is one of the "lucky" ones as her job is safe in food manufacturing. Annette O'Donnell said she is trying to reassure the many Irish people who are working for her, by spreading the shifts so they can pay their bills. One of her staff members, who is on a student visa, looked up flights back to Ireland as soon as the lockdown was announced.'One step forward, two steps back'She believes that people developed a false sense of confidence that everything was returning back to normal.

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