A six week lockdown for the entire country has been announced.
Level five restrictions will take effect from midnight on Wednesday and will last until December 1st.
There's calls for the Government to re-examine visiting restrictions in nursing and care homes.
Visits to long-term residential care facilities will cease under Level 5, except in critical and compassionate circumstances.
A new programme to support prospective businesses in accessing opportunities presented by the €5 million Barrow Blueway has been launched.
46km of existing canal towpath is being up-graded, between Lowtown in Robertstown and Athy, via Laois.
Kildare County Council is in talks with Maynooth University on a research project to investigate alternative weed control methods to Glyphosate.
KCC says the proposal is for a four year study, costing around €40,000.
571 people in Kildare have engaged with JobPath since March.
Minister, Heather Humphreys, confirmed the data in response to a question from Kildare North Social Democrat TD, Catherine Murphy.
568 people in Kildare have been diagnosed with Covid 19 in the 14 days to Sunday
The county's incidence rate has risen to 255.3 cases per 100,000 people,
The national incidence rate is 261.7 and 12, 464 people have been diagnosed with Covid 19 in the two weeks to October 18th.
There's disruption in store for train users in Kildare this weekend.
Iarnród Éireann is advising customers the final phase of its major City Centre Resignalling Project begins this October Bank Holiday weekend.
Greater Manchester is being placed into tier-3 coronavirus restrictions by the British government.
It'll mean at least a 28-day closure for businesses - including bars and pubs that don't serve meals, as well as some other entertainment venues.
85 percent of shoppers say that buying Irish brands and from Irish stores is more important to them this Christmas.
A survey by Life Style Sports shows over half say they will shop differently now than pre Covid-19.
An immunologist says Ireland still doesn't have a Covid 19 restrictions exit strategy.
Ireland has become the first European country to enter a second lockdown with all non-essential retail to close.
The Tanaiste has told publicans that it's 'unlikely' bars will reopen properly in time for Christmas.
In a conference call with 10 business groups last night, Leo Varadkar said the country would likely be on Level 3 restrictions when the country comes out of lockdown.
Only existing NCT appointments will be allowed to go ahead under Level 5 restrictions.
The Government's list of essential services includes mechanics being allowed to continue to carry out repairs on cars - however dealerships will not be permitted to open.
The number of people who can attend funerals is to be increased after a decision by the cabinet this morning.
Under level 5 restrictions it was due to be just 10 people - but will now be increased to 25 in line with weddings.
Our Political Correspondent Seán Defoe reports:
Samaritans expects to handle more than one thousand calls a day from people struggling to cope with the new lockdown.
The charity says it will be a challenge to meet the renewed demand for its services as over 300 of its 1,500 volunteers are cocooning.
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