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Darragh Berry

Gardai break up late night Dublin house party as 150 people hit with as much as €500 fines

Gardai stormed late night and early morning house parties across the country over the weekend as more than 150 people were hit with expensive fines.

Officers broke up large gatherings in the capital as well as EIGHT other counties in the space of 72 hours.

One of the parties in serious breach of Lockdown restrictions saw more than 30 people in attendance.

Party goers were stung with a €150 fine while the organisers of the get-togethers in Dublin, Kildare, Westmeath, Galway, Sligo, Kilkenny, Tipperary, Limerick and Cork were hit for €500.

As well as this, Gardai doled out a number of fines after breaking up a house party in Co. Tipperary last week.

A number of people were found to be breaking Covid restrictions banning house visits and social gatherings after throwing a party in Tipperary town last Saturday.

Gardai were called to a property in the town at around 12.30am on Saturday January 23 and found a small house party taking place.

They were forced to break up the gathering and dish out €100 fines each to six young people in attendance.

A Garda spokesman said: "The several incidents included some house parties with large groups of up to 30 people at each party.

"Gardai continue to implement static and roving checkpoints to check on compliance with travel restrictions. Everybody is asked to stay at home unless you have a reasonable excuse for travel.

"Officers continue to check international travel at airports and ports. This includes checks surrounding airports and ports and in departure areas."

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