Gardaí issued over 300 fines over the weekend 

Gardaí ramped up enforcement under Operation Fanacht in support of the Covid-19 public health measures. File picture. 

Gardaí broke-up a road bowling event attended by at least 50 people in North Cork and fined a man from Westmeath at a checkpoint in West Cork as they issued over 300 fines nationwide for non-essential travel over the weekend.

They also promised an increased focus on backroads next weekend after they found more people using regional and minor roads to visit beaches and forests beyond the 5km limit.