Spike in Covid cases at Limerick's Mary Immaculate College 

Students asked to avoid mixing after 'sharp increase' in cases in the past seven days

It is understood Covid cases occurred as a result of increased social mixing between houses, resulting in multi-household outbreaks among the student population. File picture: Brian Lawless

Students in Limerick's Mary Immaculate College have been asked to avoid mixing households and attending social gatherings after a spike in the number of cases associated with the college.

In an email to the student body, Professor Eugene Wall, president of MIC, said it had been working closely with the Department of Public Health Mid-West, which has reported 46 Covid-19 cases associated with students from the college since the start of the year.