'Make these sacrifices for the love of each other':Two week 'lockdown' as Covid-19 death toll rises

The country has been plunged into a two-week total lockdown on Government orders as it struggles to contain the spread of the coronavirus, which has now killed 22 people here.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar made the stark announcement at a hastily arranged press conference last night and said the drastic measures were necessary to try and combat Covid-19.