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Covid-19 Information & Advice

Ireland is moving from a short-term emergency response approach to a medium-term approach to managing risk and repairing the damage that COVID-19 has inflicted on society.

A Framework for Restrictive Measures has been developed to help us to go about our daily lives as much as possible, while managing the behaviour of the virus.

Download Resilience and Recovery 2020-2021: Plan for Living with COVID-19 here.

Current status

Ireland is currently at Level 2 of the Plan for living with COVID-19.

However, there are additional measures in place in Dublin.

The latest information, advice and guidelines issued by the Government will be published here and updated daily.

The Framework consists of 5 Levels:

Click on each level for more information. The lower Levels of the framework will be activated when there is low incidence of the disease, with isolated outbreaks, low community transmission. The higher Levels will be used to deal with higher incidences of the disease.

It will be possible for different regions and counties to be at a different Level to the National Level, depending on the incidence of the virus in that particular region or county.

You are still advised to:

  • wash your hands well and often
  • cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or bent elbow when coughing or sneezing, and discard used tissue safely
  • distance yourself at least 2 metres away from other people, especially those who might be unwell
  • limit your contact with others when out and about
  • keep your close contacts to a small number of people
  • keep a log of all of your contacts throughout the day
  • limit the amount of time you spend in direct contact with other people
  • avoid crowded areas. If an area looks busy, go somewhere else or return at a quieter time

By law, you have to wear a face covering:

Wearing of face coverings is also recommended in the following circumstances:

  • by people visiting the homes of those who are over 70 years of age or who are medically vulnerable
  • by people who are being visited in their homes by those who are over 70 years of age or who are medically vulnerable
  • if you are sharing a car or other vehicle with someone you don't live with

Wearing cloth face coverings may help prevent people who do not know they have COVID-19 from spreading it to others.

Quick Links

Know the symptoms of COVID-19:

If you have any symptoms, you should self-isolate and phone your GP straight away to get tested for COVID-19.

Get the most up to date, official information:

Family Carers Ireland has produced an Emergency Care Scheme in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Please click here to find out more.

For a guide to Covid-19 social welfare supports for family carers including a list of FAQs, please click here.

For guidance on cocooning to protect people over 70 years and those extremely medically vulnerable from Covid-19, please click here. Note advice for family carers (section 10). 

Also, Guidance for Health and Social Care Workers who visit homes can be found here. Please note that while this is not aimed at family carers, a lot of the advice is very relevant.

An FAQ document for people with disabilities and family carers (prepared jointly by the HSE, Family Carers Ireland and Inclusion Ireland) can be found here.