France, Germany and Italy to join hotel quarantine list

Major European countries are to be added to the hotel quarantine list this week, Transporrt Minister Eamon Ryan has confirmed. Picture: Sasko Lazarov / RollingNews.ie

France, Germany and Italy will be added to the hotel quarantine list next week, the Transport Minister has indicated.

Eamon Ryan has denied there is a significant row within Government over extending the list of countries that are subject to mandatory quarantining. However, he admitted there were ongoing "different opinions" and "different views".