Chief Medical Officer says wearing masks is "conceivable"

The Chief Medical Officer says it is "concievable" that people may be asked to wear masks, which may help ease the current Covid-19 restrictions.

The W-H-O say the equipment could lead to complacency and lowers the emphasis on washing hands and social distancing.

Dr Tony Holohan says every piece of advice could change - but currently masks are not necessary.

"It's conceivable, and I'm not making any prediction in this - it's conceivable.

"We might have certain measures around use of masks or PPE as part of how do we learnt to live in a situation where we're releasing some measures because we think it's important to do so, but we want to reduce the risk of transmission and infection having done that."