New Covid travel rules could help people coming home for Christmas

Cork Airport. Picture Dan Linehan

People arriving into Ireland from EU red zone countries will be free to move around if cleared by Covid-19 test after just five days, the Government has decided.

In a move seen as highly significant ahead of the traditional Christmas homecoming, from midnight on Sunday November 29, arrivals from an EU red region will not be expected to restrict movements for up to 14 days as has been the case.