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Operation Fanacht: Thousands of Garda checkpoints to be set up before Bank Holiday Weekend

Jonathan Duane
Jonathan Duane

03:12 27 Apr 2020


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It'll begin operating from 7am on Tuesday.

Thousands of Garda checkpoints will be set in place in the run up to and over the Bank Holiday Weekend, in a bid to ensure compliance with public health travel restrictions.

Operation Fanacht, which will come into effect tomorrow, was previously in place over the Easter Holidays, and will see checkpoints on main routes as well as in towns and villages nationwide

Gardaí will conduct high visibility patrols at major tourist locations, parks and natural beauty spots.

The operation comes into effect from 7am tomorrow morning and will run until Bank Holiday Monday


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