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Taoiseach Micheal Martin warned that Ireland will face restrictions for the next six months.
The leader of Fianna Fail said that the deployment of the vaccine will be balanced with the suppression of the virus by the first half of 2021.
Speaking in his local newspaper The Echo, the Cork man set the timeline for getting back to normal.
Mr. Martin told the newspaper: “Fortunately, the vaccine has arrived thanks to enormous efforts, research and collaboration between the states and the pharmaceutical industry.”
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“We will be looking at the restrictions for the next six months. It is going to be a parallel process of vaccinating the public and at the same time keeping the pressure on the virus.”
He added: “We have performed very well as a country, the second wave in particular … and the impact on mortality has been quite low compared to other countries this time.
“Then along with that, we managed to keep the economy going. Now, there has been a big fallout, don’t get me wrong. In the first wave, construction had a huge impact.
“Hospitality, travel and tourism have been very successful due to the nature of their business. Entertainment, music and the arts have no audiences, so all of this has been a great challenge.
“It’s a constant balance of that, but the overriding issue will always be the protection of life and public health.”
The Taoiseach will meet with other cabinet ministers today before making a decision on restrictions on Tuesday.
The public will find out what is in store for the end of this month and for January in general sometime on Tuesday afternoon or evening.
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