Cabinet will meet this evening to consider moving border counties to level 4 restrictions.
A high level group of officials met this morning to hear from the Chief Medical Officer after Northern Ireland entered a 4 week circuit breaker.
Now cabinet Ministers will meet this evening to consider moving the border counties to level four restrictions as well.
One well-placed source said it may only be Donegal, Cavan and Monaghan that are jumped up with Louth and Leitrim escaping restrictions.
NPHET isn't expected to meet today but Dr Tony Holohan's opinion will be fed to Ministers.
Under level 4 non-essential retail would close and there can be no visitors invited to your home. Weddings will be limited to 6 attendees.
But it's expected schools will stay open.
It will be this evening before cabinet meets - but with the Taoiseach set to travel to Brussels for the EU summit tomorrow a decision will be taken tonight.
