Ireland Could Face Spikes In Covid-19 Infections Every Couple Of Months

That's according to a public health expert

It's six months since the first case was identified in the Republic - since then 1,777 people have lost their lives with the disease and 28,578 people have tested positive.

The country now has a higher incidence rate over two weeks than Sweden, according to latest figures from the ECDC.

The Zero Covid group has created a model which predicts peaks of the disease every two to four months until a vaccine is found.

Professor Anthony Staines says when the current case numbers fall, there needs to be a serious conversation