Gardaí 'got it right' in use of emergency powers to enforce Covid-19 regulations

In excess of 30,000 checkpoints were conducted since the start of November. Picture:Gareth Chaney/Collins

Gardaí have “got it right” in their use of emergency powers to enforce Covid-19 regulations, the head of the Policing Authority has said.

Authority chairman Bob Collins said he did not think gardaí had been “reluctant” to use their powers and pointed out that officers often did not have the legal powers which the public thought they had.