Dáil sitting will go ahead despite objections; Labour boycotts debate

There will be measures in place to allow social distancing - with no more than 30% of TDs allowed to attend.

Labour has argued TDs should be supporting the "stay at home" message and not having non-essential sittings of the Dáil.

The Dáil sitting planned for today is going ahead after what was described as a "heated" meeting of the Business Committee.

Fine Gael Junior Minister Patrick O'Donovan had argued it should not go ahead amid health and safety concerns.