'Coronavirus knows no borders' - Taoiseach calls for all-island response to outbreak

Government ministers and the chief medical officer are meeting their Northern Irish counterparts in Armagh this afternoon.

Leo Varadkar has said Covid-19 is an illness “that knows no borders” as administrations on either side of the border follow different strategies.

He was speaking ahead of a North-South meeting on the outbreak in Co Armagh with political leaders and health ministers.