Lockdown until March and mandatory quarantine – they are just some of the measures agreed late last night by the Cabinet Committee on Covid 19. Anyone arriving from Brazil or South Africa will also be held at state-run quarantine hotels for up to a fortnight.  Joining us this morning was Minister for Transport, Climate, Environment & Communications, Eamon Ryan.

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