Gardaí are to announce details of their policing plan for the forthcoming weekend to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Operation Fanacht is to commence tomorrow morning to prevent people travelling across the country in advance of the bank holiday.
Garda Commissioner Drew Harris is to announce details of additional checkpoints and extra patrols at beaches and beauty spots.
The garda force is operating a policing policy known colloquially as 'the four Es' - to engage, explain, encourage and only if necessary enforce the emergency legislation.
However, gardaí have no enforcement powers in relation to day visitors from Northern Ireland or others who live outside the jurisdiction because of what is known as a "lacuna", or gap, in the