Over 25 new Covid cases locally among 2121 nationwide

There has been a further 2,121 new Covid-19 cases and 8 additional deaths.

There are now 1,975 people in hospital with the virus and 200 people in ICU.

15 new cases have been confirmed in Roscommon, 10 in Longford and five or fewer in Leitrim.

Meanwhile NPHET says there has been 81 reports of suspected side effects associated with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.