New advice on travel restrictions during the Covid-19 pandemic cannot be enforced by gardaí. Since yesterday, the limits have been widened from within 5km of home, to being able to travel within your own county, or 20km from home if crossing county lines.
However, An Garda Síochána says that under the updated regulations, the 20km limit is "not a penal offence". Gardaí say that when interacting with the public on this element, they will "engage, explain and encourage".
The Department of Health says regulations around travel restrictions are "proportional measures taken in response to a global pandemic" and "it has always been the case that as soon as it was possible to lift restrictions around people's movement we would do so." The