Fully vaccinated people arriving from designated states will shortly be exempted from hotel quarantine and allowed to quarantine at home.
The move was announced this evening by Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly. He said: "The Government decision last week was for a rapid review to be conducted.
I have now received advice from the Acting Chief Medical Officer, which I have accepted. "Legal regulations will now be required to exempt fully vaccinated people from Mandatory Hotel Quarantine and allow them complete home quarantine. "These regulations will be drafted and signed in the coming days." It was also announced this evening that the online booking portal for the mandatory hotel quarantine system will reopen later this evening, with