The cabinet sub committee on COVID is meeting now to discuss potential further restrictions in Dublin.
Health officials are seen as likely to recommended greater restrictions on meetings in people's homes
The National Public Health Emergency Team has been examining the model used in Glasgow where shops can stay open but social gatherings are limited.
The bad news is that because we need to mix between households for work and education, we will not be able to congregate and mix in large groups for other purposes for a good while yet. We need to protect our priorities. 17/17
— Professor Philip Nolan (@PhilipNolan_SFI) August 28, 2020
However government sources have played down the chances of anything being decided this evening, with the government likely to see how the figures develop over the weekend.
