Nightclubs, restaurants and pubs will be required to close at midnight, effective from Thursday night.
This is following a Cabinet decision this morning, following increasing concerns about the pressure being put on hospitals from Covid-19.
Daniel McConnell, Political Editor with Irish Examiner and Liam Fanning, Professor of Immuno virology, UCC joined the Last Word to discuss.
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