There is fresh uncertainty over the viability of written State exams this summer after the Taoiseach warned schools could now be shut until May.
Boris Johnson has told the UK he is "absolutely confident that we can send coronavirus packing in this country" and the tide can be turned within 12 weeks.
Pensioners are bearing the brunt of coronavirus in the Republic of Ireland and are at most risk of being hospitalised.
1. People are central - In times of economic boom and later bust, the mirror was held up to the Irish nation and many of the images were ugly. Early selfish behaviour in this crisis, shown in panic stockpiling, has happily abated.
KINGSPAN CEO Gene Murtagh has described the coronavirus crisis as a "monumental test" for the Irish insulation giant and is slashing pay across the group to safeguard jobs.
There is fresh uncertainty over the viability of written State exams this summer, after the Taoiseach warned schools could now be shut until May due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Harvey Weinstein has been transferred to a state prison in New York as he begins a 23-year sentence for rape and sexual assault.
