Covid restrictions to last into May with 'slow and cautious' reopening to follow

Garda members on Covid-19 level 5 travel restriction checkpoint duty at Cork Airport. Picture: Dan Linehan

Ireland will continue to have tight Covid-19 restrictions into May, with only essential sectors returning on a phased basis for the foreseeable future.

The Cabinet sub-committee on Covid-19 met last night to discuss the reopening of schools and the Government’s new Living with Covid plan, due to be announced on Tuesday.