Taoiseach Micheál Martin arriving for last night’s cabinet meeting at Dublin Castle
This morning/last night.
The Government has agreed that the following countries be included as ‘Normal Precautions on the Department of Foreign Affairs Travel Advice’: Malta, Finland, Norway, Italy, Hungary, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Cyprus, Slovakia, Greece, Greenland, Gibraltar, Monaco, and San Marino.
Via Merrion Street:
Anyone arriving into Ireland from these countries will not have to restrict their movements. Passengers from any other country outside of those with a Normal Precautions advisory are asked to restrict their movements for 14 days.
The list will be reviewed on a fortnightly basis, based on advice from officials including public health experts.
There is no change to the current policy in respect of travel from Northern Ireland.
The Government will continue with plans to strengthen the existing measures for monitoring passengers who arrive into Ireland, including the introduction of an Electronic Passenger Locator Form, enhanced follow-up procedures, a call centre operated by the DAA, and a proposed testing regime for symptomatic passengers at airports and ports.
Processes to restrict flight or passenger travel in certain circumstances will also be explored.
In conjunction with these preventative measures, there will be a renewed communications campaign across all platforms to ensure maximum public awareness of the latest advice.
The Pandemic is not over and the public health advice remains the same. The safest thing to do is not to travel.’
Statement on Government Travel Advice (Merrion Street)
Government adds 15 countries to ‘green list’ for travel (RTÉ)
Meanwhile…
€800,000 a day is being lost by consumers on foreign travel for flights and holidays forgone. People are being penalised for doing the right thing. Our airlines are vital services but their future can’t be built on the back of this dreadful treatment of customers. #GreenList pic.twitter.com/IMum1nZ54D
— Darren O’Rourke TD (@orourke_darren) July 22, 2020
We’ll not be overrun with tourists from very many of that 14.
The “advice” is fuppin wonderful but I’ve lost out on thousands with a holiday booked for 4 people from January.
Ryanair won’t oblidge & change flights free of charge (and the change fees are more expensive than booking new flights) nor will they give me a refund or voucher as the flight is taking off.
Ryanair waived change fees for new bookings from June 10th, to attract more business. They already have my money & are giving me the 2 fingers & every other customer who booked pre-covid.
Our civic duty so entails subsidising the likes of Ryanair who are worth billions & losing out on thousands from holidays booked from earlier in the year & while we’re at it come up with more money for a “staycation”. Ara why not shur, I’m just rolling in dough.
This “advice” is fuppin sickening to be honest. It’s as bad as that other pleb who told us “now is not the time for dickying up the house” when the hardware shops reopened. Fupp off. Like most advice, I’ll take it or leave it. More likely leave it.
My civic duty is being pushed to the limit having to support Ryanair & being given the 2 fingers by them. The advice means nothing without proper regulation.
Where the hell have you been hiding? :)
In the Ailwee caves obviously
Under the duvet.. having a peek on here now & then. :-)
Still the same madness around here yeah?
Worse than ever!
Welcome back :)
Don’t mention the home made bread, or Gerardo,
you’ve been warned ;)
Blame the crap consumer legislation in Ireland, and the rap flight advice.
Ah sure we can still import the lovely virus from Texas and Florida . Alls good so .
If you travel from a ‘third country’ via one of these countries, are you required to quarantine?
Genuine question Anne.
What’s stopping you from taking your holiday anyway ?
There is no law preventing you from going away.
Anecdotally I hear from many people who have no intention of cancelling their holliers.
Especially when they read letters like this.
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/covid-19-and-travel-restrictions-1.4310162
You’re right Charger. I shouldn’t be slut shamed into not taking a holiday I paid for. Lots of gowls all over the place though saying it’s the least you can do to “staycation” & hand over your hard earned money to the likes of Michael O’Leary, for nothing.. forego your holiday you paid for, no refund, no voucher for another time..nothing. O’Leary has your money already so doesn’t give a poo. Ryanair are allowing free changes for flights booked from June 10th ..precovid bookings, where people didn’t know this was all coming, they’re basically taking your money & telling you to get stuffed.
I can see why people would just say fupp it, I’m going. Stick the “advice”. It’s a personal decision like. I’d completely understand anyone who goes on their holiday, given this farce.
Thanks for the article, I’ll have a read there.
Where are you booked for if you don’t mind me asking ?
Most of Europe has been open to tourists for weeks and apart from the occasional localised spikes in places like Spain there hasn’t any noticeable increase in infections.
I’ll be giving my budgie-smugglers an outing in the Med next month without any worries.
Portugal. Haha I’m sure you’ll look fab in your budgie smugglers. No you’re absolutely right.. it’s a personal decision & you shouldn’t worry if you want to go. I’m just sick of the advice from gov & people trying to do the right & being made fund the profits of the likes of Ryanair.
Lots of people wouldn’t be Independent enough to make up their own mind.
100%
Yup.
Weather nice enough to eat outside.
Likewise the bars.
You’ll be masked up on the flight and in shops and enclosed spaces – not that it makes a jot of difference – but apart from that there’s as much risk of catching C-19 there as there is in Ireland which is basically tiny.
100%
Why don’t you just go and feck the begrudgers Anne?
Sorry if you already said that I am too lazy to scroll back up
Yeah…
“The list will be reviewed on a fortnightly basis, based on advice from officials including public health experts.”
So, book your holiday this week for travel two weeks from now, for a 2-week holiday
Next week the lads look and re-jiggle the list and your destination comes into the 14-day isolation period upon return.
In good faith you’ve booked with the ‘green’ list only to find that you do, indeed, have to isolate upon your return.
Who cares? Just do what you feel is right.
Ireland is voting with its feet.
Apparently 50,000 people are leaving the state every week.
Who knows how many more are going out via Belfast.
The BOGOF brothers of Mehole and the Maharajah of Misery are clueless.
“Passengers from any other country outside of those with a Normal Precautions advisory are **asked** to restrict their movements for 14 days.”
So if you’re not from a green list country you can still enter Ireland and ignore the 14 day quarantine advice with no legal repercussions?
That does seem to be the case.
What legal “repercussions” would you like? Flogging? 12 lashes with a metal ruler? Please elaborate.