Leo Varadkar told his party colleagues that the public could be advised not to travel to the North because of the different level of Covid 19 infection rates and restrictions .
However, a spokesperson for Micheál Martin quickly moved to rule this out and said the possibility of travel restrictions between North and South had not been discussed in the context of easing the current level 5 Covid measures.
Sinn Fein TD Pa Daly says the no travel idea says it’s unrealistic:
"Well I think he's kind of out of touch really with the reality of life along the board. One person I know she lives in Fermanagh, she goes to mass every morning in County Cavan. People go to school on one side of the border, they live on the other. They work on the other side. The reality is that that's not really going to be possible."
