People are likely to be discouraged from flying abroad for the rest of the summer as the Government delays the lifting of foreign travel restrictions. Some ministers privately argued that all foreign travel should be avoided by people in Ireland for the rest of the summer - even as thousands of holidaymakers left the country on flights last week. The current advice remains that people should avoid non-essential foreign travel - and this is likely to be reiterated and reinforced in the coming days. This complicates the publication of any green list as it is likely to include countries that have a higher rate of the disease. So anything on the 'green list' certainly in terms of any country you'd want to go to is a lot worse than us," said a well-placed source.

Source: Irish Independent July 05, 2020 01:30 UTC