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Ahead of the weekend, Gardaí have once again called on the public not to flout the COVID-19 restrictions, in order to help stem the spread of the virus.
The call comes after An Garda Síochána revealed they have issued more than 400 fines for non-essential travel since they commenced enforcing fines for breaches of the travel restrictions on Monday of last week.
Gardaí said the vast majority of those, more than 300, were issued over the past weekend for suspected incidents under Operation Fanacht for breaches of public heath regulations relating to non-essential travel. As of last Friday evening (January 15), 74 fines for non-essential travel had been processed. The fines issued over the weekend will now be checked and processed. Once these are processed, definitive figures will be available later this week, said a Garda spokesperson.