Public transport is operating at full capacity across the country from this morning, as the Government implements a phased plan to lift most Covid-19 restrictions by 22 October.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin said the country is taking an important step forward, but warned that the coalition will not be slow to respond if there are significant increases in infections here.
The Government's rationale for lifting most Covid-19 restrictions by 22 October, according to Tánaiste Leo Varadkar, is that it is confident 90% of people aged over 16 will have been vaccinated by then, and the country will have passed the peak of the Delta wave of the virus.