Cork GP decries 'demoralising' street drinking scenes

It's been reported that large groups had gathered on the junction of the Grand Parade and the South Mall on Saturday evening. File Picture: Dan Linehan

A Cork GP has condemned scenes of public gatherings in Dublin and Cork city centres this weekend. 

Pictures and videos of people drinking on the street in Dublin on Saturday night, flouting Covid-19 restrictions were “demoralising” for health care workers, according to Dr Mary Favier, a member of the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) and former president of the Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP).