There were widespread reports today of tailbacks due to garda checkpoints ensuring public compliance with public health measures. Gardaí have rolled out 132 checkpoints nationwide as of midnight Tuesday night and the effects are already causing havoc to worker’s schedules. One such worker was Dr Anthony Hoban, who commutes from Dun Laoghaire to Wicklow Town each day to treat patients. There were five patients and a translator waiting for me when I got into work, and that’s on top of people ringing due to Covid,” he stressed. That’s five patients that would be in for treatment in that time you’ve wasted in a checkpoint traffic jam.

Source: Irish Independent October 07, 2020 21:11 UTC