More than 70 abscond from Ireland's mandatory hotel facilities 

Over 60 ‘designated states’ are currently on the country’s mandatory hotel quarantine list, with travellers from these countries obliged to pre-book a stay in one of the state’s designated mandatory quarantine facilities for 14 days. Picture: Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie

More than 70 people from red-listed countries have absconded from mandatory hotel quarantine since the system was implemented, it has been revealed. 

Of the 75 people who left mandatory quarantine , just 24 returned to their accommodation "voluntarily" after gardaí intervened.