Covid-19 travel: 'Interest' in NI eligibility for EU Covid certificates By Michael Sheils McNamee image copyrightGetty Images image captionA provisional agreement within the EU aimed is expected to help open up summer travel within the bloc Ireland is "keeping an interest" in possibly making Irish passport holders who live in Northern Ireland eligible for a new EU Covid certificate. Thomas Byrne, the Republic's minister of state for European affairs, said he had spoken to the country's ambassador in Brussels about the issue. It comes after a provisional agreement within the EU on the certificate, which is aimed at allowing free movement.