The Taoiseach says he’s “optimistic” the coronavirus restrictions can start to be eased in May.
Leo Varadkar’s told the Sunday Independent that health officials are drawing up plans to relax them in stages.
But he says there is a risk they could have to be re-introduced if the virus starts spreading again.
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The death toll in the Republic now stands at 320 and there are almost 9 thousand confirmed cases. The total number of cases in Clare has risen to 85, up from 69.
Professor Kingston Mills, from the school of Biochemistry and Immunology at Trinity College Dublin, says relaxing the restrictions too soon would be a mistake.
