20/05/2020. Covid-19 Pandemic (Coronavirus), Ireland, LockDown Day 55. Day 3 of Phase one as several thousand businesses across the country are set to reopen today as part of the first phase of the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions. 11 more deaths, 64 more cases. Pictured is Dr Ronan Glynn, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health and Dr Siobhán Kennelly, HSE National Clinical Advisor and Group Lead for Older Persons at the daily COVID-19 briefing at the Department of Health, Dublin. There have now been a total of 1,573 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland, with a total of 24,315 confirmed cases Photo: Sasko Lazarov/Rollingnews.ie