Three people flee quarantine hotel in Dublin before being stopped by gardai over 150km away
It is the second such incident to take place since the new law was brought in
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Galway Bay FM
7 April 2021
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Galway Bay fm newsroom – Three women were located in South Galway yesterday after leaving a quarantine hotel in Dublin.
They were stopped on the M6 motorway near Loughrea by Garda motorway patrol.
An Garda Síochána say they have been liaising with the State Liaison Officer at a designated quarantine facility in accordance with current protocols following a report of three people leaving a facility in the Dublin area earlier yesterday.
A graduated policing response was adopted by Gardaí and all three have since been returned to the facility.
As the Department of Health are the lead agency in relation to the management of mandatory quarantining, An Garda Síochána says it will not be commenting further at this time.
Gardaí say the matter is now in the hands of the Department of Health. An Garda Síochána are liaising with the State Liaison Officer at a designated quarantine facility in accordance with current protocols following a report of three people leaving a facility in the Dublin area earlier today,” a statement this evening said. A graduated policing response was adopted by Gardaí and all three have since been returned to the facility.
“As the Department of Health are the lead agency in relation to the management of mandatory quarantining, An Garda Síochána will not be commenting further at this time.”
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Three people who absconded from hotel quarantine in north Dublin earlier today have been returned to the facility.
It is understood that the three people left the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Santry earlier today by car, and were later intercepted by a Garda motorway patrol near Loughrea in Co Galway.
Following a conversation with gardaí, it is understood the three people agreed to return to the designated quarantine facility.
A statement from the Garda Press Office confirmed that gardaí were liaising with the State Liaison Officer at a designated quarantine facility in accordance with current protocols following a report of three people leaving a facility in the Dublin area earlier today.