Over 1200 fines issued locally for breaches of Covid

Over 1,200 fines have been issued to people in the Shannonside Northern Sound region for breaches of Covid 19 guidelines. The highest number of local fines was in the Cavan-Monaghan Garda division where fixed notices have been issued to 477 people.

Roscommon-Longford Gardaí have issued fines to 355 people and 369 fixed penalty notices have been issued to people by Gardai across Sligo-Leitrim.

More than 2,300 people have been fined for organising or attending a party and 11,072 fines have been handed out for non-essential travel, including 1,011 at the airport or ports.