Localised lockdowns were imposed in Kildare, Laois and Offaly over the weekend in response to a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases.

Dr Tomás Ryan, Associate Professor in the School of Biochemistry and Immunology at Trinity College Dublin, has suggested that this is unlikely to be the last localised lockdown.

He joined us on The Last Word to explain how we can eliminate COVID-19 from Ireland within a few months, which would result in a fully functional economy.