GLUMMER HOLIDAYS Micheal Martin calls for nation to band together as Covid variants threaten to keep Ireland in lockdown for all of 2021 Latest Updated: 26 Jan 2021, 23:30 Invalid Date, TAOISEACH Micheal Martin called for the nation to band together to help end the pandemic - as a host of new Covid variants threaten to keep Ireland in effective lockdown for the rest of the year. He extended the current Level 5 lockdown for a further six weeks to March 5 at the earliest in order to crush the third wave of Coronavirus before a “slow and cautious” reopening in the summer. 4 4 Health Minister Stephen DonnellyCredit: PA:Press Association