Imminent trip to Ireland - advice please!

[BlueRaincoat1]

Hello, I am hoping someone might have made the trip recently and be able to offer some advice- I haven't been able to get all the answers online. We are going shortly after the 19th July, so I know there might be some rule changes before we go.

1. Do children under 6 have to quarantine at the named address? They aren't required to get PCR tests - I assume they do have to quarantine.

1. Is it legal to get a taxi or bus from the airport to the address we will be quarantining at? We may not have a lift.

1. We fly around noon on a Tuesday. Getting quite anxious about finding a qualifying PCR test. The test has to have been taken within 72 hours prior to arrival, so we can't take it before around 2pm on Saturday. Which means it won't make a Saturday post. Which means can't post till Monday- won't be back in time for Tuesday. Anyone flown on a Tuesday and found a solution?

Thanks!

www.citizensinformation.ie/en/travel_and_recreation/travel_abroad/digital_covid_certificate.html

If you scroll down to the bottom of this web page it deals with arriving in Ireland from outside the EU/EEA after July 19.
It deals with vaccinated and unvaccinated people. Unvaccinated people have to quarantine and there is no exception for children.

It does say to check back to the website again before you travel as the regulations on any of this may change.

We're still watching the situation as we have an 8 & 10 yo.
Quarantine is a no go. Not happening for anyone's sanity. Bad enough in our own house, let alone the accomodation we booked for proximity to family/ cancellation policy rather than comfort.
PCR, OK for my 8 yo, but I might do the autistic 10 yo's myself rather than spending a couple of hours violently assalting him. (Toothbrushing is contentious enough...) With our travel date, we'll have been off school 9 days and can keep everything low risk.

I need DH to see his elderly, frail, mother. It would be highly presumptive to assume that she'll survive another winter. If she's still in a care home, he will be the only one able to book and see her, but at least we would be able to see wider family after nearly 2 years. Half the cousins are adults now. They were teenagers when we last saw them.

(All the past year of saving Granny bollocks, we might never see her again anyway )

Watching with interest we are due to travel in 2 weeks with a 5 year old and a 2 year old. Havent seen my nan since feb 2020 when she went for a holiday and never came back 😮

@ChimneyPot - thanks for the info. Best wait to rebook then. Jeez.

Watching this thread for updates after spending ages puzzling over websites yesterday. Hoping to travel to Ireland from UK on 26th July, one fully vaccinated adult and one unvaccinated 13-year old. I don't mind quarantining if need be, but getting the PCR test within the 72-hour window ahead of travel is a bit of a logistical headache (no car and not close to any testing site).

I believe the rules have been updated on these two government sites
www.gov.ie/en/publication/b4020-travelling-to-ireland-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/travel_and_recreation/travel_to_ireland/travel_to_ireland_during_covid.html

You will still need a PCR test within 3 days of departure.
It says you still need to quarantine for 14 days but you can stop quarantining if you pass a PCR test, taken 5 days after your arrival.
There is now, no mention of a second test required after 10 days.

Thanks, Weather.

Again it says if vaccinated no PCR.
But not age range on that rumours above 12 you need one.
Also no mention of emergency brake going on

@MegCleary
What's the full URL of the page you've pasted?
Thanks

@WeatherToday
www.gov.ie/en/publication/77952-government-advice-on-international-travel/

Does anyone know is the UK a country to which an emergency brake has been applied?
Where is the list of countries?

I think theres an announcement tomorrow so i suspect more info will be in that

www.gov.ie/en/publication/77952-government-advice-on-international-travel/#travelling-from-ireland-to-other-destinations

Children 12 and up will need a PCR test but younger won't.

I'm assuming this means no quarantine for the younger ones?

@hoorayforharoldlloyd

www.gov.ie/en/publication/77952-government-advice-on-international-travel/#travelling-from-ireland-to-other-destinations

Children 12 and up will need a PCR test but younger won't.

I'm assuming this means no quarantine for the younger ones?

No, the rules are still quarantine for all unvaccinated, including children.

So if my wife and I travel with 2 teenagers, they will need to do a PCR test and quarantine but my wife and I won't have to do either.
Sounds insane to me.

And my kids will have to do another PCR test after 5 days in Ireland ... I think.

Thanks for the update hooray. I've bitten the bullet and booked the PCR test for teen dd.

What happens with families from the EU? It seems 12 year olds PCR no matter where from but to unvaxxed EU children quarantine?

Ryanair on twitter

@megcleary That's so interesting. Its v frustrating that the Irish govt repeatedly fail to clearly state the situation in respect of children and quarantine.

Thing is now do you take Michael O’Learys word……..

@MegCleary

Thing is now do you take Michael O’Learys word……..

On this occasion, I am more than happy to!

@Phial can see us all coming home ‘Micky said I could’

I am going to laminate that tweet!

God bless you Michael