Dr. Ronan Glynn:

Yes, absolutely. A really positive story that keeps getting missed is what people in many counties - Waterford, Tipperary, Limerick, Kildare, Laois and Offaly - have done in recent weeks to turn a negative trajectory around. It can be done and people know what to do. We would not have expected to have seen any significant improvement in Dublin until this part of this week. That is my first point.

The most positive point to make is that people have done this before. They know what to do and I am absolutely sure they will do it again. Equally, it requires us all to continue with the basics, even though we are fatigued with them. Work from home unless absolutely essential is a most important component in Dublin at the moment. If someone has symptoms, please do not go to work. That is a very important message at the moment. If one knows or has been told one is a close contact of a case, please restrict one’s movements and do not go to sport or to university. These are the basic messages that have not changed since February. I know people are tired of them but the last seven months have demonstrated the extent to which the vast majority of Irish people will comply with these messages.