The plan would mean incoming travellers would have to get a 'professionally administered' PCR or antigen test a maximum of 72 hours before travelling

Adrian Walsh, who owns Ballycotton Seafood, was informed last week through unofficial channels that France would soon require a negative Covid-19 test for hauliers

The Government has adopted the EU's traffic light travel system, paving the way for easier travel between countries.

UCC Professor of Biochemistry Tom Cotter says Ireland's Covid-19 positivity rate has risen steadily from 1.2% in early September to 3.9% this wee