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06 Sept 2025

Nine in ten Tipperary people value their freedom and health more after the pandemic

Eight in ten have changed the way they approach their wellbeing

Health and wellbeing

Women are more likely than men to have experienced a change in how they value almost all of the important elements of life in the wake of the pandemic

81% of people in Ireland have approached looking after their own wellbeing differently as a result of Covid-19, according to a new survey from leading protection specialist Royal London.

The pandemic has had a profound impact on the way we, as a nation, view our own lives, as evidenced by the survey, undertaken by iReach, which also revealed that 89% of respondents (1,000 adults throughout the country) now place greater importance on their “freedom”.

The findings also showed that the young people of Ireland were most likely to say the pandemic has changed the way they view the big things in life – family, friends, career, health and wellbeing, work life balance and freedom.

This was also the case for women, who were more likely than men to have experienced a change in how they value almost all of these important elements of life.

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