From next Monday week, people will be allowed to travel within their own counties - or 20km from their home if crossing county boundaries.

Social meet-ups will also be allowed outdoors with one other household from April 12th - but not in private gardens.

Residential construction will also resume on that date, after a 13-week shutdown.

Golf courses, tennis courts and visitor attractions are all set to open from April 26th, while underage sports training will also resume on that date, and the number of people attending funerals will increase to 25.

The Government last evening announced the roadmap out of some Covid-19 restrictions over the next month.

A vaccine bonus will also kick in, with two people or households that are fully vaccinated allowed to meet indoors from today.

The measures will be reviewed in the last week of April ahead of a May 4th date for further re-opening - hairdressers, retail, places of worship and the rest of the construction sector will be considered in May.

Looking further ahead, hotels and B&Bs are likely to reopen in June and domestic travel is set to resume in July.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin says people will be able to enjoy much greater freedoms this summer...