Nearly 200,000 arrivals into Ireland since start of year

To date, approximately 500 people have been asked to quarantine in Irish hotels on arrival since the system was put in place.

The number of passengers who have arrived into Ireland so far this year has reached almost 200,000, latest figures show.

The figures released by the Department of Transport show that that have been over 188,000 arrivals through Dublin Airport since the beginning of the year, with a further 4,000 through Cork and another 1,000 through Shannon Airport.