Almost 60% of Laois residents are staying within 10km of their homes during the current Level 5 Covid-19 restrictions, according to new data from the Centr.
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People living in Co Kildare are among the best at staying local to comply with Covid-19 restrictions, new data shows.
Gardaí can fine you €100 if you stray outside the 5km limit of movement during Level 5.
New figures by the CSO show that almost two-thirds of Kildare residents have stayed within a 10km radius in the first two weeks of January.
The most compliant county is Dublin, possibly reflecting the bigger concentration of nearby shops and supermarkets and larger garda presence.
The Staying Local Indicator is based on the statistical analysis of mobile phone activity.
There were large differences between some counties, with people in Dublin being far more likely to stay local. Around 78.8pc of people in the capital remained within 10km of their home in the second week of January, which the CSO says reflects its “urbanised nature with respect to other counties”.
Behind Dublin were Wicklow (with 67.9pc) and Louth (67.6pc). On the flipside, people living in more rural counties were more likely to have to travel further distances, with Roscommon topping the list at 52.9pc.
Mayo, with 53.4pc, and Tipperary, with 54.8pc, were right behind it. Mayo was also the only county to show no difference in movement between the first and second weeks of January.
Galway Bay FM
14 January 2021
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Galway Bay fm newsroom – Just under half of Galway households stayed within 10 kilometres of their residence for the week ending 31st December.
The Central Statistics Office has today released the first of its COVID-19 Insight Series on Mobility During the Pandemic up to the week ending 31 December 2020.
The mobility indicator finds the highest percentage of people moving beyond 10 kilometres from home in all of last year occurred during the week ending 24 December 2020.
The study finds that propensity to stay within 10 kilometres of residence tends to differ by county, as movement is impacted by local circumstances and conditions, such as access to services and levels of urbanisation.