Travel limits to be eased despite rising number of Covid-19 cases

Micheál Martin has warned that Ireland could well face further restrictions in January even as a vaccine programme gets under way. Picture: PA

The lifting of Covid-19 travel restrictions will go ahead on Friday despite rising case numbers and the emergence of a new strain of the coronavirus in England.

However, Micheál Martin has warned that fresh restrictions are likely in January and said the roll-out of vaccines will take several months, stressing that it could be June before the country is opened up fully.