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06 Sept 2025
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06 Sept 2025
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Gardai foiled a Valentines date on Saturday as they handed out Covid-19 travel fines.
Tullamore Gardaí were conducting a Covid checkpoints throughout the day and issued a number of fines to drivers for non-essential travel.
This included one driver who had travelled from Cork through Offaly in order "to visit a lover."
Gardai said that when the driver was questioned, the journey proved non-essential.
Unlucky in love!
Meanwhile, Gardaí on speed checkpoints in Portlaoise on February 13 detected one vehicle travelling at double the speed limit. The motorist was driving at 105kph in a 50kph zone.
A second vehicle was found travelling at 87kph a 50 kph zone
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