Monaghan and the Border region have some of the highest case levels in the country

Health experts claim school settings are not a major source of transmission.

According to the experts, we won't see the peak of the wave until next month.

90 per cent of the adult Irish population is expected to have received at least one covid vaccine by this weekend.

Around three quarters of people over the age of 16 are now fully vaccinated, while 82 per cent have received their first dose.

It’s expected Ireland's adult population will be fully vaccinated by the end of the month.

This is the highest daily case count since the end of January.

Health officials are registering significant worries over the jump in cases.