This afternoon.
Dublin Airport.
A passenger reacts angrily as she is taken by coach under Irish Army escort to the Crowne Plaze Hotel on the first day that travellers from countries deemed hot spots are required to undergo mandatory quarantine.
Meanwhile…
This afternoon
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dublin Airport.
Earlier: Hot Spot Plane Spotting
At ease.
This afternoon.
Baggott Street, Dublin 2.
Brigadier General Brendan McGuinness, Commander of the Defence Forces COVID-19 Joint Taskforce, and Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly at the technical briefing on Mandatory Hotel Quarantine in the Department of Health this afternoon.
The Defence Forces will be responsible for overseeing the mandatory detention of hot spot visitors in hotels at Dublin Airport.
Soldiers will be armed to the teeth and many are trained in close, hand-to-hand combat and giving ‘Chinese burns’.
Should anyone be thinking of making a run for it.
Or planning an escape committee to tunnel out.
An employee at a quarantine hotel in Taiwan disinfects a bedroom
This afternoon.
The Government’s plan to use hotels for the mandatory quarantining of some international arrivals could face delays.
It is understood the Cabinet heard this morning that primary legislation will be needed to establish the system.
The Government said it is now working to promptly draft this legislation.
Pesky Constitution.
Hotel quarantine plans may face delay over legislation (RTÉ)
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