Four to be charged with breaching health regulations after Golfgate

Gardaí are prosecuting four people for arranging the event, which included a dinner which over 80 people attended after it was revealed in the Irish Examiner last August
Four to be charged with breaching health regulations after Golfgate

It's understood former Fianna Fáil TD Donie Cassidy and Independent Galway TD Noel Grealish are to appear before a Co Galway district court in relation to allegations that they organised the event. Pictured is Noel Grealish. File picture: RollingNews.ie

Two politicians who allegedly organised the infamous Oireachtas Golf Society dinner are to be charged over alleged breaches of health regulations.

Four people are to be prosecuted for arranging the event, which included a dinner attended by over 80 people just a day after public health restrictions were tightened to limit indoor gatherings to six people. 

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