Members of the Garda Band are among 120 gardaí who have tonight been redeployed at short notice to frontline Covid policing.
Gardaí, sergeants and inspectors have been transferred from specialist units and the Garda College to operational policing all over the country.
Officers from the Garda Economic Crime Bureau, the Youth Diversion Bureau, the Fixed Charged Notices Office, the Human Resources Department, the Firearms Section, the Anti Corruption Unit, the Garda College and Community Engagement have been directed to report for Covid duties from Monday.
Twenty five members of the Garda Band have been redeployed to police Dublin while another 54 officers from the Garda College in Templemore have been allocated to stations all over the