Compensate public for cancelled foreign holidays says Covid-19 Committe Chairman

Such people could be given a voucher to the value of their trip so they could instead holiday in Ireland.

Michael McNamara at Leinster House. Picture:Gareth Chaney/Collins

The chairman of the government’s Covid committee, Independent TD Michael McNamara has said that the government should look at compensating people who have cancelled their overseas holiday because of the advice of the chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan.