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Gardai has called a gathering of up to 800 people at a “car meeting” in Cork as “embarrassing”.
Officers were called to the Little Island area of the county Saturday night with more than 250 vehicles and between 750 and 800 people gathered.
Gardai arrested a person at the scene for “drunken crimes” while the meeting broke up and people were told to go home.
A garda spokesperson said: “There was very little evidence of social distancing, wearing face covers, or general adherence to public health guidelines.
“The ages of the participants included older men in their 30s and 40s, some accompanied by young children, but mainly men and women in their 20s. The participants had traveled from outside the greater Cork area and various parts of Munster.”
Speaking last night, the senior Garda inspector at the event described “an embarrassing gathering of people, despite health advice in recent days.”
A Garda spokesperson added: “Gardaí immediately engaged with this large group and advised them to disperse, a direction that was fulfilled by all present in a short period of time.
“There were no public order incidents and enough Gardaí attended the scene to effectively disperse the gathering.
“A man, in his 20s, was arrested for drunkenness, then charged and released on bail to appear in court at a later date, and a car was impounded under section 41 of the Traffic Act vial “.
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