Indoor dining, inter-county travel, and the re-opening of hotels may not happen until July.
The Business Post reports outdoor dining at pubs and restaurants as well as beer gardens could be allowed in June.
The plan to ease lockdown may see click and collect back from May 4th - with non-essential shops re-opening a few weeks later.
There is one patient with Covid-19 being treated at University Hospital Waterford according to the HSE.
The patient is being treated in the Critical Care Unit at UHW as of 8 o'clock last night.
It comes as 461 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed yesterday - 75% of them were in people under 45.
Professor of health systems at DCU, Anthony Staines, says it's not clear if that's part of a trend:
"We see the spread of this disease shift before - sometimes it spread more among younger people.
"What's going on is confusing and a bit complicated and we're not collecting the information we need to understand it properly,
However it does look like it's spreading more in younger people, Professor Staines said.
Meanwhile, the head of the HSE Paul Reid says the Johnson and Johnson vaccine will be rolled out immediately - if it's given the green light.
The National Immunisation Advisory Committee is due to make its decision in the coming days - after considering links to very rare blood clots.
From today, 62-year-olds can register for their Covid vaccination.
