BRITAIN TO IRELAND Travel Restrictions

Updated 05.08.21

We are operating our ‘Travel Safe’ programme to ensure the safety and comfort of both passengers and crew on all our services. In accordance with public health guidelines, it is recommended to wear face coverings while onboard our ships for the safety of all. In Irish ports the wearing of face coverings is mandatory. See what we are doing here.

We strongly recommend adding our new flexibility option when making a new booking.

What you need for travel to IRELAND FROM BRITAIN:

Please go to www.gov.ie/travel , for the latest information on travel requirements to Ireland.

The requirements for arrivals from Britain into Ireland are as follows:
• You must complete an online Passenger Locator Form (PLF) in advance of travel. Passengers who cannot produce a receipt for a passenger locator form will be denied boarding. Children should be included in the PLF of their accompanying adult. Only international transport workers in possession of an Annex 3 certificate, drivers of HGVs in the course of their duties and diplomats are exempt from the requirement to complete the passenger locator form. Further information and the form are available here – www.gov.ie/locatorform.
• In addition to a completed passenger locator form, all passengers (except those exempt) must have one of the following: (Only those with either 1 or 2 below do not need to quarantine)
  • 1. Evidence of having been fully vaccinated with a vaccine approved by the European Medicines Agency,
  • 2. Certification as having recovered from COVID-19 in the previous 6 months
  • 3. Evidence of a negative/not detected result from a verifiable RT-PCR test taken within 72 hours of arrival into the country. NOTE: Evidence of an antigen test will not suffice. Test results need to be verifiable and state: that test is a PCR test and show full name and time/date of test.
    
    Children aged 11 and under are not required to have a RT-PCR for travel. Children aged 12 to 17 must have a RT-PCR Test, vaccination or recovery certificate to travel.
    
    
• Following arrival into Ireland, unvaccinated passengers must self-quarantine for 14 days. The period of quarantine can be ended following a negative or ‘not detected’ RT-PCR test result taken no less than 5 days after arrival. Testing is free when arranged through the Health Service Executive, details available on HSE.ie.
• Children are not required to self-quarantine post arrival when travelling with accompanying vaccinated or recovered adults. However, where one accompanying adult needs to self-quarantine, then all children must also self-quarantine.

The Digital COVID Certificate can be used as proof of whichever of the above applies. Other proof of vaccinations e.g. NHS vaccinations and negative RT-PCR test certificates may also be used.

• Your Passenger Locator Form will be checked prior to departure. Passengers will be denied boarding if they cannot produce evidence at check-in of the completed form and evidence of a valid RT-PCR test where required.
• At arrival in Ireland, spot checks will be carried out on Digital COVID Certificates, other proof of vaccinations and negative RT-PCR tests as appropriate, and penalties may be issued for non-compliance.
  
  
• Following arrival into Ireland, unvaccinated passengers must self-quarantine for 14 days:
  • the period of quarantine can be ended following a negative or ‘not detected’ RT-PCR test result taken no less than 5 days after arrival. Testing is free when arranged through the Health Service Executive, details available on HSE.ie.
  • Children are not required to self-quarantine post arrival when travelling with accompanying vaccinated or recovered adults. However, where one accompanying adult needs to self-quarantine, then all children must also self-quarantine.

If you are unvaccinated and have been in or travelled through a 'Designated or Emergency Break State' in the 14 days before arrival in Ireland, you must quarantine at a designated facility on arrival which must be booked in advance with the booking receipt available for check-in.

Further information in relation to mandatory hotel quarantine is available here www.gov.ie/quarantine.

If you have any questions on this official guidance, please consult www.gov.ie/travel.

Quarantine:

• Passengers arriving from outside the EEA, including those from Great Britain who have not been in a designated/emergency brake state in the 14 days prior to their arrival and who are fully vaccinated or have proof of recovery are also not subject to any quarantine arrangements.
• Passengers arriving from outside the EEA, including those from Great Britain who have not been in a designated/emergency brake state in the 14 days prior to their arrival and are travelling on the basis of a RT-PCR test are subject to 14 days self-quarantine which can be reduced if a negative/not detected result is received form a test taken no less than five days after arrival. This test can be arranged through the HSE at www.gov.ie/test
• Passengers arriving from within the EEA, who have not been in designated/emergency brake state in the 14 days prior to their arrival are not subject to any quarantine arrangements.
• Passengers who have been in a designated/emergency brake state in the 14 days prior to their arrival, who are fully vaccinated or have proof of recovery from covid-19 are subject to 14 days self-quarantine which can be reduced if a negative/not detected result is received form a test taken no less than five days after arrival. This test can be arranged through the HSE at www.gov.ie/test
• Passengers who have been in a designated/emergency brake state in the 14 days prior to their arrival, who are travelling on the basis of a test are subject to quarantine in a mandatory hotel quarantine facility for up to 14 days. The cost of this facility is at the passenger’s own expense and must be booked in advance of travel. Passengers subject to mandatory hotel quarantine who do not have evidence of booking their place at the facility will be denied boarding.
• Passengers who cannot produce valid evidence of vaccination, recovery or RT-PCR when requested to do so by an immigration officer, are also subject to mandatory hotel quarantine at their own expense until such time as a negative/not-detected result from a RT-PCR can be produced.

Further information in relation to mandatory hotel quarantine is available here www.gov.ie/quarantine .

Visa requirements for citizens of non-EU/CTA countries may change. You may now require a Visa or Transit Visa. See here for more details.