A member of the National Public Health Emergency Team has warned that Covid-19 is spreading in a significant number of counties, particularly in Donegal and Louth.
Professor Philip Nolan, chair of the NPHETs Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group, said that while there are restrictions to control the spread in Dublin, "what we have here is a nationwide problem".
He said: "The rest of the country may be a week or two weeks behind where Dublin is and it will catch up unless behaviours across the entire country change".
Prof Nolan said the incidence in Dublin remains 3-4 times higher than the rest of the country but it is growing at approximately the same rate right across the country.