Judge orders wedding marquee at halting site to be taken down

Family said event would go ahead, despite a breach of tenancy and Covid-19 rules and regulations

A table is removed as Gardai and contractors remove the wedding marquee at Burton Park, Leopardstown this afternoon which has been ordered to be taken down by Judge Sinead Ni Chulachain. Picture: Colin Keegan

The traveller parents of a couple married in Co Armagh this morning have been told by a judge to take down a marquee they erected at a halting site in Burton Park, Leopardstown Rd, Dublin, for an evening reception today.

Judge Sinéad Ní Chúlacháin granted Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council leave to hire an independent contractor to carry remove the marquee if defendants Michael and Johanna Connors refused to do it themselves.