Taoiseach 'optimistic' about easing Covid restrictions from next week

Micheál Martin: 'We'll take it step by step but we have grounds for optimism'

Green Party leader Eamon Ryan earlier said he was confident that restrictions could be lifted "quickly" and "very widely" starting from next week.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said there is  reason to be optimistic that Covid restrictions will be eased, starting from next week.

Speaking on his way into today's Cabinet meeting, he said: "We'll take it step by step.