Late night entertainment returns today, with venues allowed operate at full capacity when they reopen tonight.
Nightclubs are back and pubs and restaurants no longer have to close at 11.30pm.
The new government guidelines also allow up to 1,500 people stand at indoor gigs and people can get a drink at the bar while staying 2 metres apart.
Arts and Culture Minister Catherine Martin says more people can share a table;
"We now can have multiple table bookings, that's been increased to ten people at a table, up to fifteen if its including children."
She says we will also be able to order a drink from the bar with our face masks on but you will have to return to your seat to drink it.
Weddings
Weddings can go ahead at full capacity today, for the first time since March 2020.
They were restricted to 100 people recently. Meanwhile all other religious services can also have a 100 per cent attendance from today.
Stadiums
Sports stadiums will be able to have a 100 per cent attendance from today.
It means there'll be big crowds at two FAI Cup semi-finals this evening, and at club GAA games this weekend.
Cases
A further 2,029 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed yesterday evening. 437 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, of whom 88 are being treated in ICU, the highest in over seven months.
The five-day moving average of cases is 1,906.
The National Public Health Emergency Team models forecast 800-1,000 Covid-19 patients in hospital by late November.
