Gardaí warn against Easter gatherings as 30 fines issued to Cork house party guests

It is understood a number of those at the gathering gave home addresses in Co Kerry

Gardaí at a checkpoint in Cork. File picture: Larry Cummins

Gardaí have warned against the holding of Easter bank holiday house parties after they issued 30 on-the-spot fines to people attending a party at a rented house on the southside of Cork city.

They dished out several €150 fines to people  attending the party, and €500 fines to those who were identified as the organisers of the gathering, in breach of the Covid-19 regulations, in a rented house near University College Cork (UCC).