Here is the full text of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar's address to the nation this evening, updating the public about when the Government will start easing its Covid-19 restrictions. Statement of An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar TD Good evening.
I need to speak to you again about the coronavirus. The last few weeks have changed and transformed our lives in so many different ways.
I know it has been difficult - sometimes dispiriting. The frustration of having our lives restricted. The uncertainty about when things will get back to normal.
The fear of the virus itself. As a nation our physical health has been attacked, our mental health eroded, our economy battered, and our society put to the ultimate test.