Tánaiste Leo Varadkar said: "We want people to be able to meet their families, meet their friends over the Christmas period." Picture Credit:Frank McGrath 23/3/20RESTRICTIONS on meeting family and friends are set to be eased for around two weeks over Christmas, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said. Mr Varadkar said that shops, gyms and hairdressers will be able to open first with further restrictions to be eased later in December. On families meeting up, he said: "We want people to be able to meet their families, meet their friends over the Christmas period. "If we're able to keep the numbers low we won't reimpose restrictions just for the sake of it.

Source: Irish Independent November 25, 2020 12:22 UTC