Micheál Martin criticised for 'cack-handed' approach to travel guidelines

Although the green list has been announced,the formal advice is still not to leave the country and instead to holiday at home.Picture : Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has faced charges of being "cack-handed" and causing public confusion as he and Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald clashed over new international travel guidelines.

The Government's 'green list' of 15 countries deemed safest to travel to has triggered accusations of being at odds with top advice from health chiefs.