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Deputy Foreign Editor Ireland is in breach of the World Health Organization s International Health Regulations (IHR) on contagious disease control by failing to designate a competent authority at its ports and airports, according to documents seen by RTÉ News. The documents also show that Ireland has been non-compliant for approximately a decade, despite high-level discussions on the issue between the Health Service Executive, Department of Health and Department of Transport. Under the IHR a competent authority at points of entry must be designated to monitor the risk of dangerous contagious diseases entering the State. Ireland has no such designated competent authority points of entry to the country. ....