Holidaymakers account for 66% of Irish people arriving into the country

More countries are to be added to the mandatory hotel quarantining list after the Government received further public health advice on the matter. File image.

Fines for non-essential foreign travel are to be quadrupled from €500 to €2,000 as Irish holidaymakers continue to make up two-thirds of those landing here.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has asked Health Minister Stephen Donnelly to sign off on the increase to try to stop people going on holidays abroad.