Gardaí handing out dozens of €100 fines and turning vehicles around due to people going past 5km limit
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Gardaí in the
Wicklow Division on Sunday issued over 70 Fixed Payment Notices of €100 each and turned back over 200 vehicles after issuing cautions to the drivers.
Gardaí said "the Covid-19 pandemic remains a public health crisis."
Gardaí inthe
Laois / Offaly Division issued fines to people who were "well outside their 5km limit" and turned back vehicles after issuing a caution to the drivers.
Elsewhere,
Roscommon / Longford Roads Policing undertook an operation at Newcastle Woods, Ballymahon on Sunday in support of the public health measures.