New travel restrictions may be on the way as some passengers have been caught going on holiday and pay the €500 fine, but carry on “regardless” with their journey. This comes as Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has called new travel restrictions announced in Britain today as “authoritarian”. There are 2,000 passengers a day, on average, over the past three weeks coming into Ireland, with 60pc of those being Irish people. This data shows that harsher travel restrictions have to be examined further by the Government, according to the spokesperson. The plan will be updated in the coming weeks, with an official launch to take place on February 22.

Source: Irish Independent February 09, 2021 18:28 UTC