Cabinet are set to approve plans to subsidise antigen tests...  

Currently the tests cost €25 for three, or around €8 each, but it is believed that the Government would be prepared to front half this cost.  

It comes as NPHET recommends that people who frequently go to nightclubs, bars and restaurants should take twice weekly antigen tests. 

Cllr Elisa O'Donovan in Limerick, Dermot Twomey IPU President, Dr. Denis McCauley & Verona Murphy TD, all joined Andrea on Lunchtime Live to discuss...

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