Major garda operation launched in support of new public health measures

A Garda checkpoint  as part of Operation Fanacht. Static checkpoints will be supplemented by hundreds of rolling checkpoints under the latest Level 5 restrictions. Picture:  Domnick Walsh © Eye Focus 

Training in the Garda College will be suspended for nine weeks so 260 gardaí can be released to police tough new restrictions which begin today under Level 5 of the Covid-19 plan.

An increasingly visible Garda presence will be a feature of the coming days as householders adapt to the new limits on their movements, with static and rolling checkpoints and high visibility community engagement patrols.