Will Creating A Travel Corridor To The UK Expose Us To Risk?
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It may not be too long before travel restrictions between the UK and Ireland will be lifted, with the government set to consider plans to open a travel bubble between the two countries.
The plan would sit independently of any EU green certificate travel scheme, which is due to be discussed at Cabinet next week.
But is it too soon to consider a travel corridor of this kind, particularly with the potential danger of new strains entering the country?
We spoke to Anthony Staines, Chair of Health Systems in the School of Nursing and Human Sciences at Dublin City University, and Rob Rankin, President of the Incoming Tour Operators Association of Ireland and owner of Vagabond Tours.
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The global pandemic continues to fill the harbour city’s celebrity coffers and right now our town is home to probably the largest number of Hollywood megastars than ever before.
And the locals are loving it. Especially the glamorous young mums in well-heeled Vaucluse who have children the same age as their recently arrived neighbour
Among those who have been dropping by Portman’s Sydney pad have been
Sacha Baron Cohen and his Aussie wife
“The review of the Chairman’s evidence demonstrates that her character, honesty and integrity has not been and could not be called into question.”
Ken Barton, chief executive: It was “appalling” and “quite improper” for Barton to give a misleading answer to shareholder activist Stephen Mayne about whether Packer was getting special briefings at Crown’s 2019 annual meeting – but his attempts to justify his conduct while giving evidence to the inquiry “were even more inappropriate for the CEO and director of Crown and director of the licensee”.
“It demonstrated a serious lack of judgment and insight into the expectation of the highest standards of propriety, candour and cooperation of a director of a company that holds a casino licence.”
Tour Operators At Risk Of Wipeout As Ireland Faces Second Summer Without Foreign Tourists
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Fáilte Ireland today announced details of its new â¬55 million Tourism Business Continuity Scheme.
Jenny De Saulles, director of Sector Development with Fáilte Ireland, told The Last Word that Irish holidaymakers will be the main source of revenue for the tourism sector in 2021.
But will we be able to welcome back overseas visitors this year?
Rob Rankin, owner of Vagabond Tours and president of the Incoming Tour Operators Association of Ireland, explained why he thinks things are unlikely to improve any time soon.