Garda avoids jail for breaching Covid-19 restrictions

Garda Aoife Moore instead received a combined €1,000 fine for the breach, alongside a charge for being intoxicated in public.

Garda Aoife Moore at Dungarvan Court in Co. Waterford, where the court heard she has not drank alcohol since the night in question, using the time to undergo over 30 sessions of cognitive behavioural therapy, along with becoming a member of Alcoholics Anonymous. Photo: Patrick Browne

A probationary Garda has escaped a jail sentence for breaching Covid-19 restrictions.

Garda Aoife Moore (27) instead received a combined €1,000 fine for the breach, alongside a charge for being intoxicated in public.