Covid variant sparks new clampdown on British arrivals to Ireland

Cabinet to consider restrictions on arrivals in a bid to slow more transmissible strain

Unvaccinated passengers arriving in Ireland from Britain by air or sea will have to isolate at home for at least 10 days under the new tighter restrictions. Picture: Steve Parsons/PA

Unvaccinated passengers arriving in Ireland from Britain by air or sea will have to isolate at home for at least 10 days, under new tighter restrictions to be approved by Cabinet today.

Approval for the plan was given at a meeting of the three Government party leaders — Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar, and Eamon Ryan — last night in response to concern as to the spread of the Delta variant of Covid-19.