The Taoiseach has said that the Government will be accepting all advice from the National Public Health Emergency Team to lift almost all remaining Covid-19 measures from 28 February.
Changes will include an end to mandatory mask-wearing and an end to PCR testing for most under-55s. NPHET itself, as advised in the letter to Government, will also be stood down.
Speaking in Brussels today, Micheál Martin said that the country is transitioning out of the emergency phase of the pandemic.
A detailed letter from NPHET was received by the Government last night, which outlined advice that mandatory mask-wearing and measures in education and childcare could be removed from 28 February.