Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said however he would not like to see fines for those not wearing one
A woman wears a mask getting onto a Luas tram in Dublin. Image: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie A woman wears a mask getting onto a Luas tram in Dublin. Image: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie TAOISEACH LEO VARADKAR has said work is being done to look at making wearing a mask a pre-condition to travel on public transport.
Despite this, there are many observational reports of people not adhering to this recommendation and a public information campaign about the benefits of wearing face coverings to combat the spread of Covid-19 is to begin next week. But that’s not entirely straightforward, it requires a public consultation period and a few other things like that. There are transport by-laws or potentially you could do something under health regulations, so that is under consideration. “There are pluses and minuses to all of these things,” Varadkar added.
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