Dáil passes new laws to enforce mandatory hotel quarantine for people coming into Ireland from high risk countries 

It means they will have to quarantine for two weeks in a state picked hotel upon entering the country.

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly says the original list of 20 high risk countries may be revisited after a meeting this evening. 

Sinn Féin's Pearse Doherty has criticised the government for lack of communication with middle ranking gardaí, after a spokeswoman for the AGSI said they don't know how it will work: "She said that they've received no consultation, no guidelines, no operational instructions in respect to that role. So can you respond to that minister? Because this is a mess, a holy mess Minister and if the Gardaí do not have an idea what they're supposed to be doing, how does anybody else have one? The only proper way to deal with this is to ensure mandatory hotel quarantine for non essential travel."