However, senior civil servant Liz Canavan warned that the changes do not “signal a return to life as we knew it”. “We still have to see the full impact of the lifting of restrictions in phase two. We will have that data later this week and Government will meet again to consider whether we move forward to phase three. As Government steps back population-wide restrictions, we’re asking you to step up for yourself, your family, and your community. “That can work and it might be preferable to the whole of the country going back into phase one or phase zero.

Source: Irish Independent June 22, 2020 12:04 UTC