Mandatory hotel quarantine plan 'will not work', opposition claims

Concerns have been raised about workarounds, such as flying to Ireland via a country which does not requite quarantine

Labour leader Alan Kelly said the Government's mandatory hotel quarantine plan is 'an abject failure'. Picture: Sasko Lazarov / RollingNews.ie

The Government's mandatory hotel quarantine plan is "an abject failure" which "will not work", Labour leader Alan Kelly has said, as the opposition roundly criticised the plan.

The portal to book a stay in hotel quarantine opened at 7am on Tuesday morning, ahead of its introduction on Friday.