Gardaí seize cars and drugs at Covid checkpoints

Gardaí check reasons for travel at Glanmire, Cork, ahead of a possible surge in travel during the Easter bank holiday weekend. Pictures: Eddie O’Hare/Dan Linehan

Gardaí making sure people comply with Covid-19 travel restrictions have seized cars and drugs and sent a number of people home after intercepting them at checkpoints.

Exactly how many people have been caught so far will not be known until early next week, but there has been a lot of checkpoints set up in towns and cities all over the country.