MATT A LIFE

Movie actor Damon says he’s loving the lockdown in Ireland

- KATIE GALLAGHER

COAST IS CLEAR Matt Damon with Jackie & Ashleigh Berry

HOLLYWOOD hero Matt Damon has spent lockdown in Bono’s neighbourhood and said his Irish quarantine is “like a fairytale”.

The 49-year-old Bourne Identity star also revealed his eldest daughter contracted Covid-19 in New York as the rest of his family isolated in Dublin.

Speaking of his time in the picturesque village of Dalkey, he said: “This is one of the most beautiful places we’ve ever been.

“I’m with my whole family, I’ve got my kids and we have teachers with us because we were planning on missing school for about eight weeks.

“So we’ve got what nobody else has which is actual live human beings teaching our kids. The schools are all shut down back home and all the kids are doing remote learning.

“So we feel guilty, we’ve got this kind of incredible set-up in this place, it ’s just absolutely gorgeous.”

The actor, who has been spotted exercising on nearby Killiney Hill added: “It’s insane. I thought it was incredible two months ago but now it’s starting blooming and it’s just incredible.