Country returns to full level 5 Covid-19 restrictions

Taoiseach Micheál Martin: “We will do what we need to do to surpass the virus when it is growing. And it is growing exponentially." Picture" Julien Behal Photography/PA Wire

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has confirmed that the country will move back to level 5 Covid-19 restrictions for a period of "at least" four weeks, from midnight tonight.

Cabinet met this evening to discuss the recent drastic increase in confirmed Covid-19 cases across the country.