Evergreen Park, Illinois, United States. if (Object.keys(window.dataLayer[0]).indexOf('article') > -1) { const getBundleById = function (id) { } } successful_upgrade_redirect_url: successful_upgrade_redirect_url, const setDataLayerNonMeteredFlow = function (accessObject) { let meteredPaywall = 'undefined'; As my life is in London, it was so tough not being there all the time, but I flew home regularly (pre-Covid) and feel blessed that I wasn\u0026amp;rsquo;t further away.\u0026amp;ldquo;It was so hard on my brother, Frank, who was in China for part of this but is thankfully back home in Dublin now with his family. 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