Ireland becomes first EU country to re-enter lockdown

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PM Martin says the nation's present virus restrictions are 'probably Europe's strictest regime'. FMTNews Lockdown

Two people read the closure notice in the window of a pub in Dublin.

“Everyone in the country is being asked to stay at home,” Martin said in a televised national address. Martin said schools and childcare facilities are to remain open “because we cannot and will not allow our children and young people’s futures to be another victim of this disease”. And unlike under the previous shutdown order issued in March, elite and professional level sports will be permitted behind closed doors across Ireland – which has suffered 1,852 deaths from the coronavirus.Martin said the Republic’s present restrictions were “probably Europe’s strictest regime” but that “further action is now required”.

“It is crucial that these measures work and we are in a place to reopen retail in advance of Christmas,” warned director Arnold Dillon.Ireland has generally taken a cautious stance in fighting the fight against coronavirus. At the time, deputy prime minister Leo Varadkar said the advice to take the country to a four-week lockdown “hadn’t been thought through”.

 

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