DUBLIN -- Almost two months into Ireland's third coronavirus lockdown, Prime Minister Micheál Martin said the country "is looking at a continuation of severe restrictions" until the end of April, despite case numbers plummeting since a January peak. Martin made the warning in a late-night Thursday interview with the Irish Mirror newspaper, in which he said extending the lockdown would be "worth it." Mary Lou McDonald, leader of Sinn Féin, Ireland's main opposition party, slammed Martin's comments as "flippant." Peadar Tóibīn, head the small opposition party Aontú, said the government's proposed extension amounted to "policy failure."