Three women who left their quarantine hotel in Dublin yesterday got to Co Galway before being turned back.
They were stopped on the M6 motorway near Loughrea by a Garda traffic patrol.
It's understood they were persuaded to return to the facility in Santry after officers "laid out their options".
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Six people have have now absconded from hotel quarantine since it was set up a week and a half ago.
