Healthcare workers will test their readiness for a potential Ebola outbreak in Ireland this afternoon.

Dublin's Mater hospital will stage a major incident simulation involving its National Isolation Unit.

Hospital staff, Gardai, ambulance and fire crews will be involved in the operation this afternoon.

A woman admitted to the isolation unit last week tested negative for the Ebola virus, and the HSE believes the risk of the illness being brought here is low.

The Health Minister Leo Varadkar says the risk of a case of Ebola in Ireland still remains very low: