Man, 20s, arrested after failing to stop for gardaí at Cork coronavirus checkpoint

The driver of the car, a man in his 20s, fled the scene before being apprehended by gardaí.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of drug driving and other road traffic offences after a driver refused to stop for gardaí at a coronavirus checkpoint in Co Cork during earlier this week.

On Wednesday afternoon, gardaí on patrol in the Mitchelstown area signalled for a car to stop.