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1st July 2020
09:34am BST

"Well, they're not on top of each other, they're all seated onboard an aircraft wearing face masks," responded O'Leary.
"We need to get back to some degree of normality. We can't live our lives sitting isolated at home.
"We are going to have to go back to work, people are going to take trains, the London Underground, and planes (...) We will not allow you to board the aircraft unless you are wearing a face mask."
This comes as amid fears that travelling abroad this summer will increase the risk of further cases of the virus among travellers.
Chief Medical Officer Tony Holohan and the Department of Foreign Affairs have advised against non-essential travel, with the former saying that there has been a "worrying" increase of active cases in the country already.
"We’d like people not to travel,’ he said. "For people who have made bookings, it makes much more sense not to go ahead with [them] than travelling abroad and risk picking up this infection.
"It’s a risk for you, for any family member you’re travelling with or indeed any close contacts you have. I think that would be, not just in your individual interest, but in our collective interest."