Schools to reopen as planned despite Covid threat, confirms Eamon Ryan

Green Party leader Eamon Ryan said that businesses, health, transport and education will come under significant staffing pressures due to the omicron variant. Picture: Brian Lawless

The Government is set to follow the US in slashing isolation periods for those with Covid-19 as well as close contacts in a bid to ease pressure on businesses facing staff shortages.

Green Party leader Eamon Ryan said that businesses, health, transport and education will come under significant staffing pressures due to the omicron variant. However, the Government is committed to keeping schools, creches and third-level institutions open, he said.