Almost 1,000 people fined for non essential travel

Almost 1,000 people have been fined for non-essential travel in the past ten days.

The €100 penalties were introduced on Monday of last week, and apply to people who are over 5km from their homes. As of yesterday, 771 fines had been issued and another 200 are being checked and processed. 30 people have also been fined €80 for not wearing face-masks - with 26 of those relating to offences occurring in shops.