Derry bus company apologises after advertising shopping trips to Dublin during NI lockdown

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Derry based bus company apologises after advertising shopping trips to Dublin during Northern Ireland lockdown.

Image: Niall Carson Image: Niall Carson A DERRY BASED bus company has issued an apology and cancelled plans to facilitate shopping trips to Dublin while coronavirus restrictions are in place in Northern Ireland.

With stores in the Republic of Ireland set to be reopened next week, GD Tours advertised bus trips on Facebook promising customers a “relaxing day” in Dundrum Town Centre shopping mall: The Facebook post unleashed a swirl of negative reactions, prompting the phrase “Dundrum” to trend on Twitter in Ireland.

GD Tours subsequently cancelled the trip, saying that after “double checking” travel restrictions it had came to the conclusion that it would not be possible.

 

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