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A Co Donegal hotel is offering rooms for just € 2 per person sharing this weekend as the county enters Level Three Covid-19 restrictions.
Beach Hotel Downings said it is open to hotel residents and up to 15 non-residents abroad. The “one time offer” is available this weekend.
In a Facebook post, the hotel explained that the offer is “aimed at the local population in the area.”
The hotel explained: “No one will use the rooms, it is simply a method of allowing people to become residents for a maximum period of 1 hour and 45 minutes so that they can use our food and beverage services. The government allows residents are served inside and 15 non-residents are outside. The hotel will be closed from Monday until further notice. This was simply a way to recoup our tidy stock costs for the full house of residents who canceled on Friday for the night. The usual controlled Covid-19 social distancing restrictions apply. “
Since midnight, Donegal has moved to level three of Covid-19 restrictions in response to the increasing number of cases.
It came after the county surpassed Dublin as the area with the highest infection rate per 100,000 people at 148.2. Dublin currently stands at 145 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
Donegal is the fifth county to face localized temporary restrictions and the second, after Dublin, to enter Level Three.
Under the new rules, residents will not be allowed to leave the county unless absolutely necessary.
Under Operation Fanacht Garda, there are checkpoints throughout the county and the Gardaí will cooperate with the PSNI at certain cross-border locations.
The Gardaí will also be patrolling key areas in neighboring Sligo and Leitrim.
There is also a ban on eating indoors, more limits on the number of spectators allowed at sporting events, and strict limits on the number of people who can gather indoors and outdoors.
The numbers allowed at weddings and funerals will be reduced to 25, however that won’t go into effect until Monday.
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