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From tomorrow, December 3rd and whether you have been vaccinated or not, you will need to take one of the COVID tests and get a negative result

The Kilkenny Catwalk 2021 art trail opened last weekend and lasts until Easter 2022

It will easier to visit more places after the latest announcement. What we don’t know is whether overseas countries will make it easier too.

Yesterday the rules in Ireland were relaxed for incoming British visitors

Another collapse which must be in part due to the pandemic, that of Stobart Air, was announced on Saturday morning.

On the mainland of the UK, any person can travel to any part of the three countries without encountering restrictions.

The start of the UK season coincides with the news that bookings for UK travel in 2021 with Le Boat are already up 110% year on year and up 76% on 2019.

A happy Easter will be one where we folow the rules otherwise lockdowns might last even longer.

In Ireland itself, the day will be a muted affair. The national parade itself has been cancelled and the festival is only online this year.

She told people not to book Easter holidays saying that it was highly unlikely to use her words that hotels or self-catering places would be allowed to open.

It looks as though both Ireland and Germany will join Israel, New Zealand and Australia in becoming no-go areas and no-leave areas

Until vaccination uptake is widespread in countries it looks as though PCR testing is going to be the litmus test of whether you can travel or not.

It is now just two days before there are new travel rules for British residents going to EU countries.

If travel restrictions are removed for Easter it might be hard not to bump into an escaping Brit wherever you go in the world!

Four of the big companies, British Airways, easyJet, Jet 2 and TUI have announced they won’t charge change fees.

With the resurgence of COVID-19 cases, half-term and autumn breaks seem off the agenda.

Seven countries have been added to the list to which Irish reidents can visit. The UK has added teo but taken another two off.

That was the colourful language used by Ryanair to describe the Irish government’s attitude to opening up the travel and tourism industry.

The advice from the medics is that there should only be essential travel. that advice will be heeded because there is no easy way to visit some!

Originally there was to have been a short list of countries published yesterday that would allow Irish residents to travel without quarantining on their return.

Ireland will be biting their fingers to the quick in the hope that those living in Ireland will want to see more of the country first

If the weekend remains quiet and uneventful – in almost every way possible – that noose may be on its way to being lifted.

The thinking could be that a few overseas visitors couldn’t affect UK residents very much as the pandemic is everywhere in our countries.

Whilst today is St Patrick’s Day it will be quite like any other St Patrick’s Day I have ever known.

It appears only direct flights from UK and Irish airports will be allowed.

Pre-dating the accession by the UK and Ireland to the EU, this agreement allows citizens of Great Britain and Ireland to freely travel between the two islands without a passport and without visa restrictions.

The Celtic Routes were developed to promote the natural, cultural and heritage assets common to each of the counties to increase visitor numbers

If governments feel that urgency is required in cutting emissions, PSO’s need looking at again.