
The average number of cases reported every day over the last five days is 360.
The Restaurants Association of Ireland says it's essential that the industry is allowed to welcome back diners next month.
The group has been told case numbers would need to fall to around 200 a day in order to reopen.
The average number of cases reported every day over the last five days is 360.
RAI member and owner of the Wineport Lodge in Glasson, Ray Byrne is comparing the situation to a well known Irish folk song: