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Covid-19: Traffic light system for NI foreign travel expected
By Jayne McCormack
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image captionIt is understood only a very limited number of countries are set to make NI s green list
A traffic light system for foreign travel could come into effect for NI on Monday, BBC News NI understands.
But the proposal will have to be discussed by Stormont ministers at Thursday s executive meeting.
They are also due to decide whether to relax other restrictions, such as the reopening of indoor hospitality.
It is understood only a very limited number of countries are set to make NI s so-called green list for foreign travel.
Following the virtual meeting of the Stormont Executive to review the latest raft of Covid-19 rules, it was agreed that from Monday May 24 indoor hospitality can resume while people will be able to meet inside private homes for the first time this year.
Six people from no more than two households will be able to meet in a private dwelling and stay overnight.
All tourism accommodation will also be able to reopen on May 24.
A limit on the size of outdoor gatherings will increase to 500 – a number that will also apply to the number of spectators able to attend sporting fixtures.
By Press Association 2021
Coronavirus â Mon May 17, 2021
Northern Ireland’s police chief wrote to Stormont ministers early in the Covid pandemic expressing concerns about a lack of clarity in Covid-19 regulations.
In the April 2020 letter, Simon Byrne questioned the appropriateness of continuing to ask his officers to enforce health regulations, suggesting that health and safety officials or council wardens should be taking on the role.
He warned that asking police to step outside their “traditional” enforcement role risked “medium term consequences for public confidence”.
The document has been obtained by the PA news agency through a Freedom of Information request.
The letter was sent to Health Minister Robin Swann, and copied to First Minister Arlene Foster, deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill and Justice Minister Naomi Long, two-and-a-half months before the funeral of former IRA leader Bobby Storey.