Eight unaccompanied minors who were due to come to Ireland in the next few weeks can no longer make the journey here due to the Covid-19 pandemic, as borders close and flights are grounded across Europe.

They had been assessed, screened and approved for resettlement here following a Tusla-led mission to Athens in September last year and the young people had only been waiting for some final paperwork from the Greek authorities before resettling here.

The Department of Children and Youth Affairs said: "This decision is as a result of the many restrictions by governments, airlines and services.

Tusla will re-engage with these young people when it is safe to do so." More recently other European countries including Finland, France, Portugal,

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