Health officials are warning new Covid-19 restrictions in Kildare, Laois and Offaly could be extended to other areas.
People in the three counties must now stay within their own counties for two weeks, except for essential reasons like for work or medical appointments.
Regulations will be signed to put the regional lockdown on a legal footing while Garda checkpoints will enforce compliance.
It follows a recent outbreak of Covid-19 in the three counties - many in meat processing plants and direct provision centres.
98 new cases were confirmed yesterday evening - 35 of which are located in Kildare and 26 in Offaly. In total there have been 226 cases in the region in the last two weeks.
Waterford
There are no new cases of Covid-19 in Waterford.
The total since the outbreak began remains at 166 and hasn't changed since the 13th of July.
In University Hospital Waterford at 8 o'clock last night there were no confirmed cases and 2 suspect cases, one of which was in critical care.
