Ireland is now in full lockdown as all non-essential trips are banned for two weeks, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has announced.
The measures will begin at midnight tonight, and stay in place until Easter Sunday, April 12.
The only exceptions are for travelling to essential work, to shop for food or household goods, for healthcare appointments, and for vital family reasons.
It comes as Ireland moves into a new phase of battling the killer Covid-19 bug.
Here is a full list of the new restrictions:
Members of the public must stay at home in all circumstances, except:
- Travelling to and from work where work is an essential health, social care or other essential service that can't be done from home.
- To shop for essential food and household goods or attend medical appointments and collect medicines.
- For vital family reasons such as providing care to children, elderly or vulnerable people but excluding social family visits.
- To take brief physical exercise within 2km of your own home, as well as for farming purposes and food production.
Meanwhile, all public gatherings outside a family household or single unit have also now been prohibited.
A further range of non essential services and businesses have now been closed.
All non-essential surgery and health procedures have been postponed.
Pharmacists can dispense medication outside of the current period on a prescription in line with their own personal judgement.
Restrictions on public transport to essential workers.
Local authorities are to relax restrictions for on-street parking regulations to meet the travel needs of essential workers.
