Former President Mary McAleese has praised the response of Irish people to the coronavirus as "phenomenal".
She's said the country won't get through this crisis unless there's a sense of communities working together.
She says she's been hugely impressed by how people have reacted in very difficult circumstances.
"I think this has been one of the most uplifting parts of the story - this is a great test of people.
"It's a test of what's deep inside people, and what they're capable of producing when the chips are done and they have to.
"Here in Ireland the response has been phenomenal - the goodness the kindness, the decency, the looking out for people."
