Taoiseach Micheál Martin has confirmed that the wearing of face coverings on public transport will be compulsory from Monday.
That is when regulations making this legally enforceable will come into effect. He was speaking in Dublin this afternoon after a meeting with the Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly and the CEO of the HSE to discuss priorities and early planning for the winter initiative and to prepare hospitals and the entire heatlh system for the normal winter surge.
He said next winter will be far more difficult and complex than any before given the continued prevalence of Covid-19. More to follow