Irish Transport Minister: Fully vaccinated UK travellers won’t have to quarantine

Transport Minister Eamon Ryan has said travel from the UK to Ireland will be much easier for fully vaccinated people as they will not have to quarantine from 19 July, RTE news has reported.

“For others who don’t have the vaccination they will have to continue to abide by the home quarantine and we will continue to review that, ” said Ryan.

“We did strengthen regulations in recent weeks because of concern about the Delta variant. Because that’s here now as well as in the UK,” the transport minister added.

“That was done to try and delay and hold back the arrival of the Delta variant here. So I think travel with the UK will become much easier particularly for those who are vaccinated from the 19th,” he added.

Ryan was confident the plan will be operational by 19 July to coincide with the COVID-19 certificate.