The Government is imposing a forty-eight hour ban on flights from Britain following fears over the spread of a new strain of Covid-19.   The ban is in place for today and tomorrow, when the measures will be reviewed by the Cabinet.  For more, we heard from Philip Ryan, Political Editor of the Irish Independent.

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