Thousands of Garda checkpoints will be in place in the run up to and over the Bank Holiday Weekend, in a bid to ensure compliance with public health travel restrictions.
Operation Fanacht, which was previously in place over the Easter Holidays, will see checkpoints on main routes as well as in towns and villages nationwide.
Gardaí will conduct high visibility patrols at major tourist locations, parks and natural beauty spots.
At any one time, there will be over 2,500 Gardaí involved.
The operation comes into effect from 7 am tomorrow morning and will run until Bank Holiday Monday.
Speaking today, Deputy Commissioner, Policing and Security, John Twomey said, "When we last ran Operation Fanacht there was a high level of compliance from the public. It is vital that we see that again.
"I want to thank the public for their co-operation so far. We know it has not been easy and has required significant sacrifices.
"We need this compliance to continue. This is a critical week for the country. If we all work together, we can help save the lives of our family, friends, neighbours and colleagues," commented Deputy Twomey.
Deputy Commissioner Twomey added that it had been long planned to run Operation Fanacht again during this week in the run up to and over the May Bank Holiday weekend.
