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Human rights group: Two-week quarantine and Garda powers 'raise issues' amid pandemic

Imposing a blanket 14-day quarantine on anyone entering Ireland raises "a number of human rights issues", the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has warned.

Human rights group: Two-week quarantine and Garda powers 'raise issues' amid pandemic

Tue, 19 May, 2020 - 17:04

Kevin O’Neill

ICCL Executive Director Liam Herrick.

Imposing a blanket 14-day quarantine on anyone entering Ireland raises "a number of human rights issues", the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has warned.

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