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the future is open hello it's Friday the 16th of July and thanks for joining me for the latest on travel and destinations

from the Greenlist and the travel desk of the Independent. Today, green light for Ireland

from Monday, but terms and conditions apply to British travellers. In quarantine and already

doubly jabs? What happens from 4am on Monday? And Thailand's

Kosamui opens up. Of course, this podcast is completely free, as is my weekly travel email. You can

sign up at independent.com.com.uk forward slash newsletters. I have been waiting for months to get back to

Ireland and to find out what is going to happen in terms of those of us who want to travel to that

wonderful country. I haven't been there for, well, I was last there, passing through

in October last year and I'm missing it very much indeed. And I know loads of other people

are too because, well, it's a really lovely, friendly, easy to find place and therefore

why wouldn't you want to go there? Well, at last, and this is three days before

things change, and we know that Ireland is back. And furthermore, it's going to be the only

nation in the world that immunised British citizens can visit without the need for any COVID tests in or out of the country.

I'll explain more about that in a moment. But yes, it is jabbed people only.

Your need just to show your NHS app, maybe your NHS COVID letter, even that little bit of cardboard they gave you when you went to have your jabs,

at least in England.

And once you have done that and filled in the passenger locator form before you travel,

then it's simply a matter of going off and enjoying yourself there.

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