People Who Travel Abroad For Urgent Medical Reasons No Longer Must Quarantine In A Hotel On Return

The new guidance from the Department of Health allow applies to carers and children who travel with them

Mandatory hotel quarantine currently applies to 71 countries, including several EU states.

Fianna Fáil senator Lisa Chambers is welcoming the new exemption. 

"Let's be honest, the fact that that wasn't in place, initially, was probably an oversight. But one that would have impacted really severely on people that were travelling for those reasons so I think that's a very sensible and logical resolution to that issue."