'No guarantees' we won't return to lockdown, warns Taoiseach

There has been a total of 5,609 deaths associated with Covid-19, an increase of 43 during the past week. Picture: Denis Minihane

The coming weeks will be uncertain in terms of a return to lockdown, and no guarantees can be given, the Taoiseach has warned a meeting of his own TDs.

Speaking as the Christmas season has effectively been furloughed, with parents told to cancel children’s birthday parties and companies urged to cancel office parties, Mr Martin gave a stark update to a meeting of the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party.