The Government must reintroduce some Covid-19 restrictions in a bid to stop "intolerable and unsafe" hospital conditions, two leading unions have said.
The Irish Association of Emergency Medicine and the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation have issued a rare joint statement, calling for the reintroduction of face masks along and for people to return to working from home.
The news comes amid surging pressure on Irish hospitals due to spiralling Covid-19 infections.
