The phased reopening of schools will continue this morning with the return of an additional around 350,000 children and teenagers to their classrooms.
All remaining primary school children are due to go back, as well as fifth year students at second level. This latest step means that from this morning the country's primary schools are now fully open.
At second level fifth year students will today join sixth years who returned two weeks ago. But more junior second level students have another four weeks to wait.
The target date for their return is 12 April. Over the coming weeks all eyes will be on the number of Covid-19 cases detected in schools, the incidence of the virus among school age children, but also on any wider impact that