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# Back to normality

Last year

2022

AS IT HAPPENED

Government confirms plan to lift almost all pandemic restrictions

Taoiseach Micheál Martin said that “today is a good day”.

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Jan 21st 2022, 6:45 PM

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UK Government moves to scrap ten day quarantine for Covid contacts who are fully vaccinated

Under the plan, the ten day quarantine period could be axed in favour of daily lateral flow tests.

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Jun 21st 2021, 3:33 PM