Ireland's stance on rapid test kits for air travel comes under fire

Ireland's continued opposition to the use of rapid testing kits to allow international travel makes it an outlier across Europe, the Dáil has heard. Picture: Denis Minihane

Ireland's continued opposition to the use of rapid testing kits to allow international travel makes it an outlier across Europe, the Dáil has heard.

During a sometimes charged debate on the crisis in the aviation sector, Fianna Fáil TD for Clare, Cathal Crowe, criticised the reluctance of Nphet and Chief Medical Officer Tony Holohan to support the use of rapid antigen testing as a tool to allow foreign travel.