Ireland will adopt a Covid-19 certificate to help citizens travel more freely across the European Union "as early as possible" and not necessarily by late July as previously flagged, Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has said.
Ireland has the strictest travel curbs in the EU, advising citizens against non-essential travel, imposing fines on people travelling to airports to go on holiday and a two-week mandatory hotel quarantine for arrivals from a number of countries.
Minister Donnelly said there will be a "comprehensive statement" on international travel next week and the details are still being finalised.
Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, he said central to this is Ireland participating in the EU digital Covid certificate, allowing