Schools, colleges and childcare facilities are closed from today, as government measures to stop the spread of coronavirus take effect.
70 people are now confirmed to have the illness, after 27 new cases were announced last night.
One person has died.
Meanwhile the government’s trying to find a way to provide childcare for health service workers during the two week closures.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says they haven’t yet found the solution:
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