The National Public Health Emergency Team will meet today to discuss its recommendations for the next phase of reopening the country, ahead of the Government's publication of a road map next week.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Tánaiste Leo Varadkar will meet representatives of the entertainment and arts sectors on Monday.
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has said that he sees all sectors of the economy reopening by Christmas. Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan said he hoped it would happen sooner but it depends on the achievement of the criteria NPHET will be examining at their meeting.
At a briefing yesterday, he said there is a "extremely high incidence" of the coronavirus circulating in communities and urged unvaccinated people not