Third-level students ordered to remain at home for next three weeks

Minister for Higher Education Simon Harris said all universities and Institutes of Technology will be placed in a restricted scenario for up to three weeks. Picture: Julien Behal

Third-level students have been ordered to remain at home for the next three weeks and conduct their studies online.

The country’s 43 third-level institutions have been placed at Level 3 of the Covid-19 alert system from midnight, the Government has ordered.