in the same town, he was arrested after refusing to leave a house party in the south of the country. another man, who was stopped in dublin as he set out towards county meath for a painting job, complained that he "would not be adhering to restrictions from a non-elected government". on the evening of 3 april, €9,000 of cocaine was seized at a covid-19 checkpoint on the m6 motorway near ballinasloe in county galway, and one man arrested. operation fanacht recommenced for the june bank holiday weekend, began on wednesday 27 may and continued until the end of monday 1 june. it involved scaled-down checkpoints on many main routes, parks, beaches and beauty spots in towns and villages, focusing on road safety rather than enforcing the covid-19 travel restrictions, after it was reported that sixty people had been killed in 56 crashes as of 27 may. numerous checkpoints were mounted throughout kerry, cork and wicklow after a number of motorists breached covid-19 travel restrictions. on 28 may, it was reported that gardaí turned away over 100 cars in county wicklow. on 29 may, gardaí reported several vehicles illegally parked on double yellow lines at a beach in county wicklow. operation fanacht recommenced on 8 august in counties kildare, laois and offaly following the reimposition of lockdown measures in the three counties. it again involved large-scale checkpoints on many main routes near the borders of the three counties to ensure the public are complying with the new government restrictions announced by taoiseach micheál martin on 7 august. operation fanacht recommenced on 19 september in dublin city and county following the imposition of level 3 restrictions in the capital. it involved targeted patrols, checkpoints to monitor compliance with the public health measures and high levels of garda visibility on foot, in car and on bike to monitor social distancing and gatherings in large groups at amenities and open spaces. operation fanacht recommenced on the night of 25 september in donegal following the imposition of level 3 restrictions. it involved targeted patrols, checkpoints to monitor compliance with the public health measures and high levels of garda visibility on foot, in car and on bike to monitor social distancing and gatherings in large groups at amenities and open spaces. operation fanacht recommenced on the night of 6 october across the entire country following the imposition of level 3 restrictions. it involved large-scale checkpoints mounted per day on many main routes, and thousands of mobile checkpoints on secondary routes and in towns and villages. operation fanacht recommenced on 22 october across the entire country following the imposition of level 5 lockdown restrictions. it involved 132 large-scale checkpoints mounted per day on many main routes, parks, natural beauty spots and public amenities, and hundreds of rolling checkpoints on secondary routes and in towns and villages, as well as over 2,500 gardaí on duty, with the primary focus being on checkpoints and high visibility patrolling. on the night when level 5 restrictions began, €450 of cannabis and a grinder was seized at a covid-19 checkpoint in cork city. after restrictions eased in early december 2020, a third wave of covid-19 rapidly arrived in ireland following the christmas period which resulted in the reimposition of full level 5 lockdown restrictions. operation fanacht recommenced at 7:00 am on thursday 7 january 2021 across the entire country, which involved additional static checkpoints on national routes and supported by local mobile checkpoints nationwide. on 14 january, gardaí issued 29 fines to people breaching the 5 km travel limit over the previous 7 days including three people who travelled 80 km to "collect burgers from a takeaway" in ringsend, dublin. on the evening of 24 march, a man was arrested after €140,000 worth of suspected cannabis herb was seized during a checkpoint operation in county cork. breaches of restrictions in 2021 datestotal breachestype of breachesref(s) 22 january 2021771non-essential travel: 771non-wearing of face coverings: 30 25 january 20211,500non-essential travel: 1,500 18 february 20218,000non-essential travel: 6,500attending/hosting house parties: 944 25 february 20219,800non-essential travel: 7,566attending/hosting house parties: 1,386 11 march 202113,600non-essential travel: 10,013attending/hosting house parties: 2,040non-wearing of face coverings: 244 18 march 202115,358non-essential travel: 11,072attending/hosting house parties: 2,300+non-wearing of face coverings: 269 25 march 202116,834non-essential travel: 12,336attending/hosting house parties: 2,700+non-wearing of face coverings: 293 8 april 202119,865non-essential travel: 13,972attending/hosting house parties: 3,300+non-wearing of face coverings: 337 15 april 202120,280non-essential travel: 14,650attending/hosting house parties: 3,500+non-wearing of face coverings: 341 22 april 202120,566non-essential travel: 14,730attending/hosting house parties: 3,600+non-wearing of face coverings: 378 29 april 202120,974non-essential travel: 14,749attending/hosting house parties: 3,900+non-wearing of face coverings: 382 operation navigation operation navigation commenced at 7:00pm on friday 3 july 2020 when gardaí began conducting checks of licensed premises throughout the country to check if they are adhering to the public health guidelines for covid-19. under phase three of the government's roadmap of easing restrictions, pubs that only serve food are allowed to open, and patrons must show proof of having eaten a meal costing at least €9 if gardaí arrive for an inspection. from 3 july to 12 july, garda síochána conducted 2,785 checks on licensed premises nationwide. pub owners began breaching covid-19 restrictions on 9 july when gardaí found 26 breaches in 37 individual cases during the first weekend of inspections. on 15 july, a further 11 breaches were found by gardaí, bringing the total number of breaches to 37. on 29 july, it was announced that the majority of the incidents relate to a lack of evidence that food was being served or consumed and no evidence of receipts to show that food had been sold. breaches of restrictions datesbreaches identifiedtotal breachesref. 13–19 july2059 29 july2280 27 july–3 august24105 4–9 august14126 11–16 august13138 17–23 august26165 24–30 august21185 31 august–6 september13200 7–13 september16216 14–20 september15232 on 21 december, the garda síochána announced it continues to detect breaches of covid-19 regulations at licensed premises nationwide while a pub in the northwest of ireland was given the first "immediate closure order" by gardaí under the covid-19 enforcement powers act 2020.