One million people in Ireland face new coronavirus restrictions from Tuesday after a spike in cases.
Dublin will likely be subject to new measures when Cabinet meets tomorrow to discuss recommendations from the National Public Health Emergency Team.
There will likely be a reduced limit on the number of people allowed to visit family homes, while the reopening of 'wet pubs' could also be delayed in the capital, the Irish Independent reports.
It comes after more than half of new Covid-19 cases announced in Ireland yesterday were in Dublin.
A total of 156 further infections were reported in the capital over the last 24 hours, the Department of Health confirmed last night.
This was substantially more than the second hardest-hit county, Waterford, which saw 22 new cases.
Over the weekend the Taoiseach said the Government "won't be afraid" to introduce restrictions for Dublin, and that he'll do "what's necessary" to combat the recent Covid-19 spike.
Micheal Martin explained that they had learned from previous measures introduced in Kildare, Laois and Offaly, and that they will discuss the latest advice from NPHET on Tuesday.
He was speaking after Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn issued a direct appeal to those living in the capital.
Dr Glynn urged people in Dublin to limit their social contacts, as the average number of cases for the capital rose to an average 104 per day.
Speaking on Saturday morning, the Taoiseach said the Government would not be afraid to act if necessary.
He said: “We learned from what we did (in Kildare, Laois and Offaly)
"We’ll get advice from NPHET on Tuesday and we’ll have to weigh their advice... The most important thing about Dublin is how to get to grips with the virus to lower the number of cases and to put pressure on the virus.
"We won’t be afraid to implement measures specifically in Dublin, if that’s the way forward.
"We did that in Kildare, Offaly and Laois. I know that some counties have low number of cases, and I understand that argument, that there are differences and so the same restrictions shouldn’t apply.
“The new plan has flexibility from that side – we can assess the situation from county to county. The very highest level of restrictions is to implement measures on a national basis.”
