Bake-off: Matt Damon bids farewell to bakery as he prepares to leave Ireland

Hollywood actor and his family have spent lockdown in Dalkey in south Dublin

Dalkey’s Country Bake store  posted a photo of Matt Damon on Facebook with the message “Our last visit from Matt and his family for a while. Safe travels! Thanks for bringing some excitement to Dalkey during this pandemic!” Above, Damon shopping at his local SuperValu supermarket while living in Dalkey, Co Dublin. Photograph: Padraig O’Reilly
Dalkey’s Country Bake store posted a photo of Matt Damon on Facebook with the message “Our last visit from Matt and his family for a while. Safe travels! Thanks for bringing some excitement to Dalkey during this pandemic!” Above, Damon shopping at his local SuperValu supermarket while living in Dalkey, Co Dublin. Photograph: Padraig O’Reilly
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Sorcha Pollak

Sorcha Pollak

Sorcha Pollak is an Irish Times reporter specialising in immigration issues and cohost of the In the News podcast