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Gardai told not to press charges without consulting DPP
Holy Saturday checkpoint on Kildare-Dublin border at M7 motorway Pic: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews.ie
15 Apr 2020 / policing Print

Gardai won't press charges without DPP go-ahead

Seven people were arrested over the bank-holiday weekend for breaches of COVID-19 regulations under section 31a of the Health Act 1947.

Gardaí have sent all of the cases to the DPP – no one has yet been charged. Gardaí have been told not to press charges without consulting the DPP.

Public order

In a further 144 cases of health-regulation breaches, gardaí used public order, assault, road traffic and drugs legislation to press charges.

A total of 650 checkpoints were manned by gardaí across the country over the Easter weekend.

Garda checkpoints in well-known beauty spots, such as Waterville, Co Kerry, stopped and questioned visitors and turned them away in most cases.

One couple in possession of a doctor’s letter were allowed through the checkpoint to their seaside home.

 

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