Ministers meet today to consider closing schools until end of January

Senior government ministers will meet today to consider closing schools until the end of the month.

The cabinet sub-committee on Covid-19 will discuss the proposal before a final decision is made tomorrow.

It comes as 6,110 new cases of the virus were confirmed last night - the highest since the pandemic began - with 6 further deaths.

The Chief Medical Officer says the country "can't cope" with the current levels of the disease.

Dr Tony Holohan says it's posing a risk to keeping schools open.