The Taoiseach has announced the latest round of Covid-19 Restrictions.
Nightclubs will have to close from next Tuesday, the 7th December to the 9th January, while bars and restaurants must revert to rules in existence prior to October 22nd.
That means table service only, 1 metre between tables and a maximum of six adults per table.
However closing time will remain at midnight.
There will be a maximum of 50 per cent capacity at entertainment, cultural, community and sporting events indoors, which must be fully seated.
Other measures announced this evening, include gatherings in homes will be restricted to four households.
And a Covid Pass will be required for gyms and leisure centres as well as hotel bars and restaurants.
Announcing the measures, Taoiseach Micheál Martin says if the spread of the omicron variant takes hold, there is the potential for a serious crisis.
He's called on people to pull together to face the challenge ahead:
"At every stage of this awful Covid journey, as a country and as a people, we have trusted the science and we have done our best. We haven't always got it right. And there have been times of great frustration. Every time we have faced a new challenge, we have pulled together as a nation and done what was needed. I am asking us all to do that again."
