The Irish government has extended the travel restriction from 5 kilometres to 20 kilometres as a part of the second phase of lifting the public health restrictions.

A roadmap to ease COVID-19 restrictions published by the Irish government under Phase 2 allows people to travel from 5 kilometres to 20 kilometres.

A roadmap to ease COVID-19 restrictions published by the Irish government under Phase 2 allows people to travel from 5 kilometres to 20 kilometres.The Government of Ireland has released a roadmap for reopening society and business to ease the COVID-19 restrictions in a phased manner. The roadmap will begin on 18 May which includes five phases for unlocking restrictions with three-week intervals. Phase 2 starts from 8 June in which it is mentioned that the people will be able to travel up to 20 kilometres away from their home as opposed to the 5-kilometre limit, which was in effect since 5 May 2020.

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