We made it.
The whole country has been waiting for this date patiently since Micheal Martin's announcement in April and it's finally here.
May 10 will see eight Level 5 lockdown changes easing in a bid to get the country back on the road to normaility.
Nationwide travel is back; sports training for adults is back and the big one - you can finally get your hair and nails sorted.
It doesn't end there though, households can meet in back gardens, the vaccinated can meet indoors and click and collect shopping resumes.
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Here's everything that's changing and easing today in what is a glorious day forward for Ireland:
- Inter-county travel returns
- Sports training for adults returns
- Hairdressers/barbers/beauticians are back
Three households or six people can meet outdoors or in a back garden
- Click and collect shopping resumes
Vaccinated households can meet with another household indoors
Libraries, museums, and galleries are back
- 50 people allowed at funerals and wedding services, but only 6 can come to the afters of the wedding indoors, or 15 outdoors
And here's are all the other rule changes that you need to know for May and June:
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On May 17:
- The mass reopening of non-essential retail
On June 2:
- Hotels will be allowed to reopen, with the bonus for guests able to eat meals like their breakfast inside
On June 7:
- All pubs and restaurants allowed to open again to serve, but only outdoors initially
- Gyms and swimming pools will reopen
Any household can visit one other
Amateur sports matches are back on
Guests at wedding receptions up to 25
Cinemas and theatres to reopen
