Mary Lou McDonald suggests telling tourists 'don't come this season'

Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald.
Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald.

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has said that tourists should be told “don’t come this season” and that anyone arriving in the country should face mandatory 14 day quarantine.

The island of Ireland cannot be left exposed and it was not enough to accept “on a wing and prayer” that people were self-quarantining, she told RTÉ radio’s Today with Sarah McInerney.

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