Varadkar defends quarantine approach and insists Covid roadmap ends mixed messages

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar today said the government had laid out "a very clear plan as to what is and is not going to happen for the next 10 weeks".

The Tánaiste says the new Covid roadmap will "draw a line" under mixed messages from the government and has defended the decision not to introduce a blanket approach to quarantining incoming travellers.

Last night, the Taoiseach announced the phased reopening of schools from March 1 and that government will consider easing the 5km travel limit and restrictions on people meeting outdoors in its April 5 review.