The family had only purchased the caravan three weeks previously.

People will be issued digital COVID certs by the HSE or testing laboratories if they want to fly.

MEPs voted this week to approve the Covid-19 passport that would confirm whether a person was vaccinated, had tested negative or had recently recovered from covid.

The EU is still trying to finalise its plan for a digital green cert which would allow people travel freely once they show certain covid conditions have been met.

The Health Minister says the "big risk" of a spike in coronavirus cases comes from international travel. The government has committed to publishing a list