The National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) is set to meet on Thursday evening to discuss whether Covid-19 restrictions should be eased.
Rules were introduced just before Christmas by officials in order to prevent the surge of the Omicron variant in Ireland, which now accounts for over 90% of new daily cases.
But as the hospital numbers have remained steady and Ireland's booster vaccine programme continues, many are now calling for the restrictions to be eased early, before the scheduled date of January 30.
