Covid-19: Government to help Irish truckers stranded at UK ports, says Coveney Some Irish hauliers will have to look at other routes to Europe, says Eamon Ryan
Mon, Dec 21, 2020, 09:30 Updated: Mon, Dec 21, 2020, 11:32 Vivienne Clarke
File photo dated December 11th of lorries queuing to access the Eurotunnel site near Folkestone in Kent. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire
Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has said that everything possible will be done to repatriate Irish truck drivers stranded at UK ports trying to get to the Continent.
Up to 250 Irish lorries stuck in England face returning home and dumping product after France banned road freight from Britain due to a new Covid-19 strain.
Government announces two flights to get stranded Irish residents home from UK during travel ban
The flights will only be open to Irish residents and and not for those living in the UK and planning a Christmas trip home
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Transport crisis - DHL services in Ireland will not suffer major impact due to disruption
A minimum of two consular flights from Great Britain will be chartered by government to get Irish residents home to Ireland.
DHL Express delivery services connecting Ireland to Europe and the rest of the world will also be continuing as normal.
Mon, 21 Dec, 2020 - 21:03
Michelle McGlynn
DHL services in Ireland will not suffer any major impact as a result of the disruption in Great Britain.
This afternoon, the company announced a temporary suspension of their road-based services to and from mainland Europe.
This is as a result of the closure of the Eurotunnel and the ferry ports connecting the UK to France. Road services to and from the UK are not impacted.
Updated / Monday, 21 Dec 2020
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Mr Johnson spoke to Emanuel Macron today
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that there were still problems in Brexit trade talks and that Britain would thrive without a deal. The position is unchanged: there are problems, he told reporters when asked if there would be a trade deal. It s vital that everybody understands that the UK has got to be able to control its own laws completely and also that we ve got to be able to control our own fisheries. WTO terms would be more than satisfactory for the UK. And we can certainly cope with any difficulties that are thrown our way. Not that we don t want a deal but that WTO terms would be entirely satisfactory, he said.
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The three party leaders, as well as the Covid Cabinet committee, met this evening.
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GOVERNMENT PARTY LEADERS met this evening to discuss the growing concerns over the rise in Covid-19 cases.
The meeting of party leaders, as well as the Cabinet Covid committee, was held ahead of tomorrow’s Cabinet meeting, which is set to sign off on the bringing forward of restrictions, which were due to end on 6 January.