Ireland expected to move to scrap travel limit from June 29

The Sunday Independent reports that the Irish government is considering moves to speed up plans to ease the national lockdown, including brining forward plans to scrap limits on how far the public can travel from home.

Museums, galleries, hairdressers and other amenities could also reopen by the end of June, while hotels could be allowed to operate with limited occupancies subject to the spread of Covid-19 remaining suppressed.

The newspaper reports that the current 5km limit on travel is expected to be replaced by a new 20km limit from Monday week, but the Irish government is now also considering if this could be allowed to expire from June 29, three weeks earlier than envisaged under the current roadmap.

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