There has been widespread anger today after Tánaiste Leo Varadkar advised Irish people living abroad not to book flights home for Christmas yet despite Christmas being six weeks away. Paul Lynam in Wexford told Joe Duffy on RTÉ Radio: “I can’t believe the lack of humanity. “I feel, as a parent of two young teachers living abroad that nobody is thinking of the distress it is causing these people. We are not going off to a beach in Greece - my daughter wants to see her grandmother for Christmas. We are asking for prioritisation of expats that have a very good reason to go from Christmas,” he said.

Source: Irish Independent November 12, 2020 20:03 UTC