Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said it is likely that junior and senior infants pupils will return to school on March 1, along with Leaving Cert students. The meeting heard other classes at both primary and secondary level will return to school very slowly and in line with public health advice. Sources at the meeting said provisional plans on phased school reopenings will go before the Covid-19 Cabinet sub-committee meeting tomorrow. Mr Varadkar told colleagues a two island solution - where the UK and Ireland cooperate on Covid travel restrictions - had always made sense. Another Limerick TD Kieran O’Donnell noted that Cork has five mass vaccination centres.

Source: Irish Independent February 17, 2021 21:11 UTC