The Northern Ireland Executive plans to ease Covid-19 restrictions further early next month, providing the rate of infection does not rise.
A number of restrictions will be lifted from 8 June if the reproduction number remains at or below its current rate of 0.9. If that happens, outdoor weddings and civil partnership ceremonies will be allowed, with attendance limited to ten people.
Large outdoor non-food retailers such as car showrooms will be allowed to open. Hotels will also be allowed to begin taking advance bookings in preparation for when they will be able to accept guests, but there is no indication yet as to when that is likely to be.