Five years on from Covid: are the thousands who upped sticks and moved to rural areas still living the good life?

Five years on from Covid: are the thousands who upped sticks and moved to rural areas still living the good life?

After the first Covid lockdown was lifted in June 2020 and a ban on domestic travel was eased, Shawna Scott, the owner of online retailer Sex Siopa, packed her entire stock of sex toys and her belongings into a rental van parked outside her rental house in Dublin and drove to Sligo in a quest for cheaper rent, more space and a lower cost of living.