Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said the news of further restrictions will be "deeply disappointing for many" but further restrictions will help Ireland "get to the other side of Omicron as safely as possible".

Several new measures will commence after midnight on Sunday, 19 December, effectively taking effect from this Monday. Mr Martin, in a nationwide address, said: "We will come through this latest setback as we have come through everything else that Covid has thrown at us – together. "We may have to dig a little bit deeper to access it this time, but the unique resilience, solidarity and trust in science that has marked Ireland out across the world will get us through this too." The new restrictions are as follows: Hospitality All

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