The Government will make a decision next week on when hairdressers can re-open, the Minister for Health has told the Dáil. Simon Harris acknowledged there is a "mental health element" to the desire among people to visit hairdressers again.
He was responding to Fine Gael TD, Kieran O'Donnell, who said that there is a "multitude of the public going around with hair down to their knees".
Mr Harris said: "It is likely the Government will consider that next week. I am hoping by the end of next week we will have a direct answer to the question." Earlier this week the Irish Hairdressers Federation published guidelines which it says should allow hair salons to reopen safely in the Government's Phase 3 easing of Covid-19 restrictions instead of