Monaghan, Cavan and Donegal are all set to be moved onto level four restrictions.
The restrictions will come into force at midnight tomorrow and will remain in place until the 10th of November.
Cabinet has agreed to ban all household visits nationwide from tomorrow.
Cabinet Ministers met tonight in Government Buildings with an announcement taking place now.
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There are a record 1,095 new cases of Covid-19 in the Republic today, and five more deaths.
246 of the cases are in Dublin, with 185 in Meath, 128 in Cavan and 118 in Cork - with the remaining infections spread across all the other counties.
Monaghan recorded 31 new cases today.
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There was also a record number of cases in the North today, with 1,217 new cases.
Speaking ahead of the Cabinet meeting, Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys says the government will do all it can to protect lives and livelihoods when it comes to deciding on Covid restrictions levels in the border counties:
