The Northern Ireland Executive has confirmed a number of decision regarding the coronavirus regulations.
Ministers were told the data around Covid-19 continues to have a “generally positive direction of travel”.
Indoor hospitality is set to reopen on May 24 with mitigations, subject to a review on May 20.
Mitigations include permitting up to six people to sit together, removing the restriction on the number of households they can be from.
Indoor visits in a domestic setting are also to be allowed involving six people from no more than two households and indoor visitor attractions including amusement arcades, bingo halls, museums, galleries and cinemas are to reopen from May 24.
Also from May 24, the Stay Local message is to be removed, numbers increased for indoor gatherings, numbers increased to 500 for outdoor gatherings, libraries are to reopen, and schools can resume extra-curricular activities, indoor extra-curricular sports, outdoor inter-schools sports and day educational visits.
There is also to be a full return to outdoor sport and a return to indoor club training in squads from May 24, followed by a return to indoor competitive sport from May 31.
Meanwhile from June 21, restriction on audiences in seated theatres and concert halls and other venues will be removed and the return allowed of conferences and exhibitions. These decisions will be subject to review in June.
The Executive has agreed to allow 1,000 spectators to attend the Irish Cup final.
Ministers met today to discuss further relaxations to the coronavirus regulations.
The Irish Cup final is to be a test event and spectators attending Mourneview Park in Lurgan, Co Armagh, on May 21 must undergo a Covid-19 test before attending and afterwards.
