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New rules for travelling to Ireland
After 00.01am on Friday 3 December 2021, anyone travelling to Ireland has to show a negative test for COVID-19.
If you are travelling to Ireland from overseas you must also fill out a Passenger Locator Form (PLF) before departure.
| Your status | Antigen test | RT-PCR test |
| Vaccinated or recovered | Negative test no more than 48 hours before you arrive | Negative test no more than 72 hours before you arrive |
| Not vaccinated | Not valid | Negative test no more than 72 hours before you arrive |
- if you do not have a Digital COVID Certificate based on vaccination or recovery, you have to show a negative ('not detected') RT-PCR test which was carried out no more than 48 hours before you arrive in Ireland
- if you have proof of vaccination or recovery from COVID-19, you have to show a negative ('not detected') antigen test which was carried out no more than 48 hours before you arrive in Ireland. Alternatively, you can show a negative ('not detected') RT-PCR test which was carried out no more than 72 hours before you arrive.
Antigen tests have to be carried out by approved professionals - you can't test yourself.
In situations where a person is required to present evidence of a negative ('not detected') RT-PCR test result prior to travel, and is unable to do so due to a persistently positive RT-PCR test after recovery, then a positive RT-PCR test result will be acceptable which was taken no less than 11 days and no more than 180 days prior to arrival to the State.
Additional obligations now apply to those arriving from scheduled States - see below.
For full press release please see here.