The High Court has ruled that the Government's advice against non-essential travel to most countries due to the risk of Covid-19 infection is legal.
The case was taken by Ryanair. The airline argued that what it claimed were international travel restrictions were unlawful, amounted to a disproportionate interference in individual's rights and were detrimental to its business.
The measures, announced on 21 July, include that people should not travel outside the island of Ireland, except for essential purposes, and that everyone holiday at home in 2020.
Ryanair claimed the measures were mandatory in nature and had the same effect as regulations that it said should have, but were not, voted on or approved by the Houses of the Oireachtas.