The number of people wearing a face mask in public will be discussed by the country's top public health officers today.
The National Public Health Emergency Team is meeting to discuss the country's ongoing response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The death toll here has risen to 1,695, after a further five people with the virus died.
There have now been 25,231 confirmed cases, although around 92 per cent of those have fully recovered.
This morning NPHET meets to examine how we are dealing with Covid-19 as a nation.
They'll review updated World Health Organisation guidance on face coverings, and consider the growing calls for masks to be used more in community settings.
It's after The Director of the National Virus Reference Lab, who advises NPHET, told the Dáil's special Covid-19 committee that the evidence around the use of cloth masks is "not fantastic".
Antibody Study
Meanwhile people in Dublin and Sligo are expected to be the first in the country to give blood samples as part of a new coronavirus antibody study.
It's expected to take place this month as health officials try to measure the percentage of the population that's been infected with the virus.
According to the Irish Independent, Dublin was chosen because it's suffered the highest number of infections in the country, while Sligo has recorded just 128 cases.
