Gardaí break up 100-strong birthday party in Blarney

The birthday party is believed to have been held in a shed that normally contains machinery.

No arrests have been made but an investigation is underway, gardaí said.

A birthday party in Cork had to be broken up by gardaí on Thursday night at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, with more than 100 mostly maskless people not adhering to social distance guidelines ordered to disperse.

Gardaí confirmed that they arrived to a venue in Blarney around 11pm, which they described as a shed, where a “large gathering in excess of 100 people was taking place”.