A huge cloud of uncertainty hangs over the summer camps of 2020, and where they might slot into the reopening of Ireland’s roadmap.

Never has there been a summer when children so badly need the companionship, creativity and physical exertion that camps offer when schools close their doors at holiday time.

Many parents too are yearning for an injection of temporary separation and independence into family bonds superglued by the Covid-19 lockdown. For some their jobs – or their sanity – depends on that.