Fines being handed out 'right left and centre': Gardaí concerned about Cork city house parties One Garda source said that fines for breaches of public health Covid-19 restrictions by organising parties and for being outside their 5km limit are being “handed out right, left and centre”. Ann Murphy GARDAÍ in Cork are concerned that house parties are being held every weekend across the city. During the weekend, several calls were received by gardaí about gatherings in houses in a number of areas. In one incident, local residents contacted gardaí after a gathering at a house on the southside of the city during which some of those attending climbed onto the roof of an extension at the house.