The Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says from midnight tonight until April 12th, everybody must stay at home.
This is unless they must go to work which is essential, to shop, to attend medical appointments, vital family reasons like caring for children/elderly or for exercise.
All gatherings are banned.
Public transport will be restricted for essential workers.
And more non-essential shops will also be closed
There is also to be be cuccooning measures for the elderly, given that 79 has been the median age of those who have died so far.
It comes after three more deaths and 302 new cases of the virus were confirmed here today.
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) says the deceased were one person is in the north-west of the country and two women in the east.
There have now been 22 COVID-19 related deaths here.
There are 2,121 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
