Ireland has "come through the Omicron2 wave" with hospitalisations dropping below 1,000 today.
Tanaiste Leo Varadkar took to Twitter to share the latest figures although he also warned there will be fresh waves of Covid-19 infection.
The Tanaiste tweeted: "The number of patients in hospital who are #CoVid positive has fallen below 1k today. We have come through the Omicron2 wave without having to re-impose legal restrictions which was important in terms of living with the virus."