The chair of the Epidemiological Modelling group advising the National Public Health Emergency Team has said there is a "real danger" of a second wave of virus cases, if the changing of restrictions in place is not done correctly.
Speaking on RTÉ's This Week programme, Professor Philip Nolan said as we look to modifying restrictions to allow people get back to more activity, there was a "real danger" if not done carefully that we will get a second Covid-19 wave.
If done wrong, he said, we would see a rapid re-emergence of the disease, as well as a rise to a "potentially very dangerous peak".
He said what we do after 5 May is critical to determining whether we are past a peak or facing into a new and dangerous one.