'Convention of people with broken hearts' in Covid-19 breach

Finbar O’Gorman, 27, of Bruach na hAbhainn, Ennis, told garda he and two female friends had breached 5km travel limit and driven 29km because the three 'were out of bad relationships and were meeting up for a chat'.

Finbar O’Gorman, 27, of Bruach na hAbhainn, Ennis, pleaded guilty to breaching the Covid-19 health regulations by being present in Kilmihil without reasonable excuse. File picture

A “convention of people with broken hearts” met up for a late-night rendezvous in a parked car in the west Clare village of Kilmihil during a Covid-19 lockdown, a court has heard.

At Kilrush District Court on Tuesday, Garda Niall Donegan said when he approached the car and reminded the three occupants of the Covid-19 travel restrictions, driver, Finbar O’Gorman, 27, replied that the three “were out of bad relationships and were meeting up for a chat”.