Taoiseach warns Covid restrictions set to continue with February return of schools in doubt

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has warned there is a “clear horizon” of Covid-19 restrictions continuing into next month. Picture: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has warned there is a “clear horizon” of Covid-19 restrictions continuing into next month, raising significant doubt over the planned reopening of schools on February 1.

Fine Gael TDs were also told by their deputy leader, Simon Coveney, that the severe restrictions will continue “well into February”.