Leading hotel group Tifco is being paid over €5.4 million for operating the Government’s mandatory hotel quarantine system. Documents published by the Department of Health show the official value of the three-month contract award to the Tifco hotel group to operate the controversial quarantine system for visitors to Ireland is €5,416,290. Over 70 countries are currently listed on the Government’s website from which travellers are required to undergo mandatory hotel quarantine. DocumentsDepartment of Health documents state that it is anticipated that the cost of the mandatory hotel quarantine system will be “of neutral value” to taxpayers. Among its hotels providing hotel quarantine facilities are the Crowne Plaza hotels in Santry and Blanchardstown, Clontarf Castle, the Holiday Inn Express in Santry and the Hard Rock Hotel on Exchange Street.

Source: The Irish Times April 27, 2021 16:52 UTC