Two Irish people have caused outrage after they rang into Liveline and talked to Joe Duffy from Gran Canaria.
Frank from Galway and Una from Limerick said they had made the decision to break the current restrictions and travel abroad - because they felt safer on the Spanish holiday island than they did at home.
Una pointed to the low price of flights and the face that she had been going to Gran Canaria 'every year at this time'
“I got a bus from Limerick city to Dublin Airport. I had no problem checking in.
“After you checked in you had to pass through a Garda checkpoint before you got to departures, and it was there that they questioned me and asked me my reason for going.
“They did take my name and address, and they said I may get a €100 fine."
Family members had questioned Una about her decision - but she bluntly responded that she was retired now and it was "her time".
Meanwhile, Frank said that he felt safer in Gran Canaria due to a pre-existing condition.
He told Joe that he had to present a negative PCR test on arrival and will have to do so when he returns to Ireland
“The authorities have done a superb job in managing the situation here," he said
"You’re not suffering any mental anguish, the weather’s good, the pubs are open and the hairdressers are open."
Unsurprisingly, listeners were furious.
Some took to Twitter to hit out at both Frank and Una for their brashness.
While others questioned just how good Gran Canaria was - given that they were ringing Liveline.
One Irish nurse working in the NHS in England called into the show to say that she was 'enraged'
"When you’re going into work and you’re watching people dying from this cruel, cruel disease.
''They can’t even have family there, my face is the last face they see. I’m holding their hand as they’re dying and they (Frank and Una) are going on holiday."
Another caller named Jackie said she was “livid” with what she was hearing.
"How dare they come on national radio and boast about this.
"We’ve all made huge sacrifices, and they’re nearly sneering and rubbing our noses in this.''
