The President of Ireland says sustaining the measures put in place to fight Covid-19 will be the country's biggest test.
Michael D Higgins has expressed his sympathy to the families of the 19 people who lost their lives here as a result of the virus.
There are now 1,819 confirmed cases of the coronvirus in Ireland, 47 of which have needed intensive care.
President Higgins says we must do our best in order to help heathcare workers.
"I just want to really congratulate the people - it's very very important to say that to them. People are responding wonderfully.
"And now what is important is for them to sustain that, and bring us past the peak of this, so as to reduce the extraordinary burden on our health workers in our hospitals."
