Ireland opens up to vaccinated GCC travellers

THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND has announced the adoption of the EU’s new Digital COVID Certificate, which will be extended to vaccinated visitors from outside of the EU, including the GCC countries, from July 19. This means all travellers with approved vaccinations can visit Ireland without the need for a test or quarantining from that date. Approved vaccinations accepted for travel to Republic of Ireland include two doses of Pfizer-BioNtech, Moderna and Oxford-AstraZeneca and one dose of Johnson & Johnson/Janssen. Travellers from the GCC will be able to travel to Ireland provided they have received the full course of any one of these approved vaccinations. These rules apply to Republic of Ireland only and exclude Northern Ireland, which is subject to the UK government requirements.