€500 fines for organising house parties

Gardaí have additional powers to direct people to leave the vicinity of a dwelling if they have a reasonable suspicion that an event in contravention of regulations is going on. File picture

Organising a house party will come with a €500 fine under a fine system published on Tuesday.

While the system came into effect on Sunday, it was not published until today as the statutory instrument is signed into law by Health Minister Stephen Donnelly some four weeks after the Bill which paved the way for the fines was passed.