Border checkpoints 'practical measure', says Taoiseach

Taoiseach Simon Harris said he expects rules to be enforced. Picture: Brian Lawless

Taoiseach Simon Harris has described Garda checkpoints to detect people entering the State illegally as a “practical measure” to enforce rules, after 50 people were stopped at the border with Northern Ireland. 

Multiple Garda operations, which took place over the last week, saw 50 individuals returned to either Holyhead or Belfast after they entered the country without valid visas or documents.