A very costly spin as daytrippers hit with €100 Covid fines for straying outside 5km limit
Gda Waldron, from Roads Policing, was able to check addresses from car registration plates with his mobile device, so it was difficult for motorists to make up a fake address. “Why are you so far from Walkinstown?” he asked one young man, who then knew the game was up. “Some say they were not going to be getting out of their cars. “Others say they knew the regulations but didn’t know they could get fined, and some say they thought you could drive beyond 5km from home and then get out and exercise,” he said. “The message just doesn’t seem to be getting through,” he added as h...
Source: independent.ie
