Any Irish cyclist currently out of the country will be required to restrict their movements for 14 days on their return to the Republic, like everyone else coming into the country.
New measures were introduced by the Irish Government last
night at the now daily Covid-19 media event.
It will mean any cyclists who had travelled to the UK,
where racing continued last weekend, or who has been training in popular
European locations are being asked to restrict their movements for 14 days when
they return to Ireland.
Stickybottle has received messages from a number of
readers who are abroad cycling and whose airlines have sought significant
payments for arranging early flights back to Ireland.
They will now also be asked to restrict their movements
for 14 days when they eventually return.
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She was due to
ride the Manchester Six Day with compatriot Alice Sharpe from last Friday to
Sunday.
Boylan flew into
the UK only to turn around and fly back to her base in Mallorca after the event
was cancelled.
Dr Tony Holohan, the chief medical officer at the Department of Health, last night urged people to follow the requests to limit their movements on their return to Ireland and people currently in the country to socially distance.
"The behaviours
we adopt in the next seven days will form the template for how we
interrupt the spread of this virus over
the coming months,” he said.
“We need
to sustain social distancing, respiratory hygiene and these new ways of
behaving if we are to succeed in minimising the threat posed by COVID-19."
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