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'More ambitious' phased reopening sought - Tánaiste

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Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said the easing of Covid-19 restrictions from next month will happen on a phased basis, adding that he will be pushing for a "more ambitious and quicker reopening" in the months ahead.

Speaking on RTÉ's This Week programme, Mr Varadkar said that the aim should be to fully lift all Covid-19 restrictions this year, adding they would not be lifted at a "risky or reckless pace". "I think it will be phased.

I don’t think we’ll just remove all restrictions at the end of January and start of February," he said. "I think we're coming to a point where we need to move on," the Tánaiste said, adding "we’ve had very strict restrictions in Ireland for two years now". "If you take last summer and the summer before that we had the strictest rules in Europe.

I don’t think that should be the case this summer," he said, adding he would be pushing for a more "ambitious and quicker reopening over the next couple of months". "Nothing risky, nothing reckless, but certainly something that is in line with our European peers," he said.

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