Ireland had EU’s most stringent lockdown this year, analysis finds

Lax travel restrictions may have been ‘weak link’ in Covid defences, say UCD academics

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Paul Cullen Health Editor

Ireland closed workplaces and businesses ‘much longer and tougher’ than any other European country. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw for The Irish Times

Ireland’s Covid-19 lockdown has been the most stringent in the European Union this year, an analysis by two University College Dublin academics finds.

Since the start of the pandemic, Ireland has had the third most stringent restrictions of 42 countries whose public health measures were compared as part of their research.

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Ireland had EU’s most stringent lockdown this year, analysis finds

Lax travel restrictions may have been ‘weak link’ in Covid defences, say UCD academics

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