Ireland is becoming "like the dictatorships in Russia and other places". That was the view of Independent Kerry TD Danny Healy Rae when he was describing the new Garda powers aimed at cracking down on pubs breaching Covid-19 rules as the legislation progressed through the Dail yesterday.

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