Here are the new Covid restrictions that will come into place today 

Grafton Street at night as Christmas  shoppers start to head for home, the dayafter the Government announced the introduction of new Covid-19 restrictions to start next Tuesday. Photo: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie

The Government has announced a raft of new Covid-19 measures that will come into place from today.

The restrictions come with cases rising and the first case of the new Omicron variant being identified here.