People are being urged to stay at home where possible and only attend work if it is considered essential.
The government’s announced another series of measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus in Ireland.
All non essential retail outlets are to close to the public from midnight tonight.
It’s in a bid to allow the health service deal with the expected increase in the number of cases in the coming weeks.
All previous measures announced by the government have been extended to Sunday April 19th.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says people should only head out for essential supplies and other limited reasons:
Groups of four or more people are not to gather unless they are from the same household.
Meanwhile, all organised indoor and outdoor events of any size are not to take place.
Gardai will be ensuring that people obey these measures and also comply with social distancing guidelines.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says the new powers afforded to the Gardai will be used sparingly:
