Contact tracer leaks details of 250 flights with positive Covid cases

Over 50 flights have included cases of 'variants of concern', according to correspondence from a concerned tracing employee shared with Social Democrats TD Catherine Murphy. Picture: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie

Nearly 250 flights into Ireland have had at least one confirmed case of Covid-19 since January 1, but up to 80% of close contacts on some planes have never been traced.

In more recent weeks, over 50 of those flights have included cases of the so-called 'variants of concern', according to correspondence from a concerned tracing employee shared with Social Democrats TD Catherine Murphy.