European Commission has no objection to Ireland’s quarantine list extension

Ireland has added four more countries – France, Belgium, Italy and Luxembourg – to the list of countries from which travellers must book into a hotel for a period of 12 days

The cabinet agreed on Friday night to add four more EU countries – France, Belgium, Italy and Luxembourg – to the list of countries from which travellers must book into a hotel for a period of 12 days

Brussels has indicated it has no objection to Ireland requiring EU citizens to quarantine in hotels on arrival here in a bid to stop the spread of Covid-19 and its variants.

The cabinet agreed on Friday night to add four more EU countries – France, Belgium, Italy and Luxembourg – to the list of countries from which travellers must book into a hotel for a period of 12 days.

The US and Canada were also ...