There is a Government Advisory in operation against all non-essential international travel. The latest government announcement on international travel, which indicates the approach from 19 July, 2021 onwards, subject to the prevailing public health situation, is available on www.gov.ie.
If your travel is essential, you are advised to monitor the official advice and information provided by the authorities at your destination. In particular, you should inform yourself of any restrictions on arrival. Information about entry restrictions currently applied by other countries is available on our country-specific travel advice pages. Additional restrictions may be imposed by the country of your destination, including during your visit. Flight restrictions and route cancellations continue to occur worldwide and there is no guarantee that air routes will operate as scheduled.
When planning any travel, you should take into consideration that it may be difficult in some destinations to arrange the required RT-PCR test results for the return journey to Ireland within the required 72 hour timeframe. You should be aware that if you contract COVID-19 when abroad, you will be unable to travel to Ireland until you can obtain a negative/‘non detected’ result from a RT-PCR test. Letters from doctors/hospitals in lieu of the required RT-PCR test result are not acceptable for travel to Ireland.
In addition, countries may be added to the Category 2 list of countries (‘Designated States’) at short notice during your stay and as a result, you may be required to complete and pay for 14 days of mandatory hotel quarantine on return to Ireland.