Widespread Christmas travel to Ireland would be ‘recipe for disaster’

A notice for arriving passengers at Terminal 2 in Dublin Airport (PA)

Infection risks associated with the widespread movement of people back to Ireland for Christmas would be a recipe for disaster, a leading epidemiologist has warned.

Dr Gabriel Scally said he agreed with Tánaiste Leo Varadkar’s assessment that it was too early for people to consider booking flights home for the festive period.