A leading health expert says it's very likely there'll be clusters of Covid-19 in schools when they reopen.
The local lockdown will continue in Kildare until September 6th - but schools will still reopen before that.
There have been 444 cases of coronavirus in Kildare since the restrictions were imposed two weeks ago.
And Dr Eoghan De Barra, a consultant in infectious diseases, says there's a big danger the virus will spread into schools - press PLAY