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By Live95 News Team
Arrivals from 58 counties will be subject to mandatory hotel quarantine from this morning.
Last week 26 high-risk states were added to the list, including Israel and the Wallis and Futuna Islands.
The issue of mandtory hotel qurantine has been the source of deep divisions in the Cabinet.....with Health Minister Stephen Donnelly favouring the inclusion of 17 EU countries along with the US on the list.
However that plan was dropped last week... reportedly following pressure from Foreign Affairs minister Simon Coveney
Mr Coveney expressed concerns it would affect Irish citizens living in EU countries who return for their summer holidays.