The path is now clear for the lifting of almost all remaining covid-19 restrictions. We get reactions from Sean Defoe, Newstalk Political Correspondent, Lorraine Heskin, Owner/CEO at Gourmet Food Parlour, and Dr. Eoghan De Barra, Consultant in infectious diseases at Beaumont Hospital and senior lecturer Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland.

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