Hundreds of people booked flights to Ireland from the US this weekend, as they raced to beat the new hotel quarantine requirement before it comes into force on Thursday, according to the Sunday Independent.

After the Government announced on Friday night that the US, Canada, France, Belgium, Italy, Turkey and 10 other countries would be added to the hotel quarantine list from 4am on Thursday, there was a surge in bookings on flights from the USA which will arrive in Dublin before then.

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