Richard Boyd Barrett labels travel policy around Covid-19 a 'shambles'

Richard Boyd Barrett labels travel policy around Covid-19 a 'shambles'
Richard Boyd Barrett the policy is inconsistent. File picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

More than 100 people have had their social welfare payments cut for going on holidays during the coronavirus pandemic.

Gardaí and social welfare officers are checking the names of people flying out of the country to see if they are receiving unemployment payments.

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