The government has been urged to ease Covid restrictions in local counties where rates of Covid 19 infections have declined significantly.
Leitrim recorded its first new case of Covid 19 yesterday in almost a month, with the county's figures spiking in mid-May when a high of eight cases was reported in a single day.
Legislation giving Gardaí powers to enforce public health guidelines is being debated again in the Dail this afternoon.
The Roscommon-Galway TD claims that treating Leitrim and an area like Dublin - where 103 new cases were reported on a single day this week - under the same laws makes no sense :
Leitrim TD Martin Kenny also admitted that there was a growing sense of frustration among Gardai on rules around Covid in bars and restaurants:
