Still hope for a 'meaningful Christmas', says Taoiseach

The Ferris Wheel that was part to the Glow Christmas Celebration on Grand Parade in Cork last year. Picture: Clare Keogh

It is too early to say what Christmas in Ireland will look like, the Taoiseach says, but some guidance on Christmas travel could be given within the next fortnight.

Micheál Martin said the focus for Ireland now has to be on "getting the numbers down really low" and said that if numbers are low at the end of the six-week lockdown period, there was hope of "a meaningful Christmas".