Cabinet Ministers have been meeting to approve extending the lockdown until March 5th

A number of new travel-related COVID restrictions are also expected to be approved by Ministers

The national lockdown will be extended until March 5th with few changes. 

Construction is expected to stay largely shut until then. 

However there is some hope among Ministers of a return for Special Education next month. 

Taoiseach Micheál Martin saying as long as the hospitals are under strain there will need to be restrictions:

There will be new fines for people who break self-isolation when coming into Ireland, and Transport Minister Eamon Ryan says there will be mandatory quarantine in hotels for others

This will be accompanied by greater garda presence near ports and airports. 

It doesn't go as far as full mandatory quarantine for everyone entering the country, with some opposition politicians saying the measures don't go far enough.