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Leading hotel group Tifco is being paid over â¬5.4 million for operating the Governmentâs mandatory hotel quarantine system,
Documents published by the Department of Health show the official value of the three-month contract award to the Tifco hotel group to operate the controversial quarantine system for visitors to Ireland is â¬5,416,290.
The contract is subject to two possible extensions of one month each. In the year to the end of 2019, the last full year of trading before the pandemic hit, Tifco recorded revenues of â¬36.5 million.
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The documents also reveal that a total of 11 different hotel, travel and event management operators made submissions to the department offering to provide quarantine facilities and other services required by the department.
Red Cow Moran Hotel to provide hotel quarantine boosting available rooms by 300 Government battling shortage of rooms after adding 16 countries to list last Thursday
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The Department of Health has recruited the Red Cow Moran Hotel in west Dublin to provide mandatory hotel quarantine, boosting the number of available rooms by more than 300.
The Government has been battling a shortage of rooms after adding 16 countries to list last Thursday, a move that prompted a surge in demand that led to the temporary suspension of bookings.
There is no lack of hotel capacity in the city given the closure of the hospitality sector since January, although some hoteliers won’t seek the business because of the negative publicity surrounding the chaotic introduction of the scheme.
Under-30s may get vaccinated earlier to reduce spread of Covid-19 Those aged 18-30 age would get shots before those aged 30-50 under new plan
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The Government will outline in two weeks’ time what restrictions will be removed over the month of May. Photograph: Getty Images
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People under the age of 30 may get vaccinated earlier in order to reduce the spread of coronavirus ahead of the wider reopening of society, under proposals currently being examined by the Department of Health.