'High level' of Covid-19 restrictions 'until Easter', Taoiseach confirms

Micheál Martin he has not yet been invited to Washington for the annual St Patrick's Day trip, but he will go if he is asked. File picture: Denis Minihane.

Ireland will add 20 countries to the mandatory quarantine list later today, the Taoiseach has said.

Among the countries affected will be Austria and the UAE, as well as a number of sub-Saharan countries. Travellers from these countries will now be subjected to a mandatory hotel quarantine at their own expense.