Gardaí are to launch a nationwide policing operation tomorrow to discourage people from leaving their homes and travelling to holiday locations over the Easter weekend.
RTÉ News understands that additional checkpoints are to be placed on the main routes out of the cities and on roads to the coast.
Garda patrols are also to be stepped up at key locations such as parks and natural beauty spots. The initiative comes amidst Government concerns that increasing numbers of people are congregating and not remaining within two kilometres of their homes.
The Government introduced emergency legislation restricting movement two and a half weeks ago but gardaí still cannot enforce it because the Minister for Health has not signed the necessary