One week since Gardaí have had to use their Covid regulations

Since they were introduced in April, gardaí have used their new powers 320 times.

Gardai say they have had over one million interactions with the public during that period, and they have had to use their new regulations 320 times.

However none of those incidents took place in the past week. 

In 110 of the cases so far a charge or summons has been issued.

121 incidents of spitting or coughing at gardai have been recorded. 

2,177 other incidents such as drink driving, drugs seizures, and public order offences have been recorded by gardai during Covid-19 operations.