Three men are in custody after a car failed to stop for gardai at Covid-19 checkpoints in north Dublin.
It happened in Swords just after half 4 yesterday afternoon.
Gardai pursued the vehicle, which they forced to stop in the northbound lanes of the R132, north of Dundalk in County Louth.
An official Garda car was damaged but no one was injured.
The three in their 30s are being questioned at Dundalk Garda Station.
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