My Other Half is working in Drogheda at the moment which is in Co. Louth where the first (and hopefully only) outbreak of foot-and-mouth has been found in the Republic of Ireland. Drogheda lies at the edge of Co. Louth and the River Boyne separates it from Co. Meath. The shops and supermarkets are all in the town - the Louth side of the bridges. He lives over the bridge on the Meath side. He said there are roadblocks across the bridges and cars are being searched. He overheard one woman in the supermarket say that she had meat taken off her when she tried to cross the bridge with it into Meath. I hope this stringency works.