Gardai have confirmed that they have issued their first Closure Order on a Licensed Premises in the North West region as it relates to not adhering to public health advice.
Despite repeated engagement by local Gardaí with the licensee, Gardaí continued to observe breaches of Covid-19 regulations including persistent non-compliance with requirement to serve substantial meal, not adhering to public health guidelines
Over the weekend, Gardai in the North West Region issued the first Immediate Closure Order under their enforcement powers during the pandemic.
Upon inspection, Gardai noted that there were approximately 80 people on the premises drinking alcohol. There were no times on contact tracing register, no order book, nine individual invoices with an average of three meals on each, with Gardai noting that the dates on these had been changed.
Gardaí shut down pub and uncover other flagrant breaches of Covid-19 regulations
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Gardaí has issued its first closure order on a licensed premises where rules designed to save lives through curtailing Covid-19 were being repeatedly broken.
Gardaí have also outlined the results of other flagrant infringements or regulations which ranged from sheebeen, late opening, big crowds and gambling.
A statement said Gardaí carried out thousands of inspections of licensed premised from Friday to Sunday, December 18 - 20. They say the vast majority of premises continue to be compliant but some were breach of regulations.
The most extreme was in the north west of the country where Gardaí issued the first ‘Immediate Closure Order’ to a licensed premises under section 4 Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Act, 2020.
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Approximately 800 people gathered at Cork car meet over weekend; Cork TD says people should know better
When Gardaí arrived at the scene they found 700 to 800 persons gathered, with very little evidence of social distancing, wearing of face coverings or general compliance with public health guide
Amy Nolan
A CORK TD has criticised the hundreds of people who gathered at a car meet in Cork over the weekend in contravention of public health guidelines, saying those who attended should know better .
On Saturday night, Gardaí intervened in an organised car meet of around 800 people who had gathered at Little Island.
In excess of 250 vehicles were in attendance at the event at Eastgate.
LONDON, ONT. For the past 35 years, the London Transit Commission (LTC) has provided free rides to London residents on New Year s Eve, but not this year. Due to the COVID-19 regulations and restrictions, the LTC has cancelled it s Ride the Bus on Us free bus service as they feel it is not appropriate to encourage parties and gatherings this NYE. Regular bus service will run on Dec. 31 for those who need to take public transit for essential reasons only. Holiday bus service details can be found on the LTC website. Keep our families and community safe this holiday season by following Public Health Guidelines.