Irish minister resigns after attending 80-person event

Irish Agriculture Minister Dara Calleary has resigned after attending an 80-person event, a day after the government announced it was restricting indoor gatherings.

Taoiseach Micheal Martin said his attendance was "wrong and an error of judgement on his part".

“People all over the country have made very difficult, personal sacrifices in their family lives and in their businesses to comply with Covid regulations," the Irish prime minister said.

He said that the Oireachtas Golf Society event, held at a hotel in County Galway, "should not have gone ahead" in the way it did, after the government announced it was restricting indoor gatherings to six people.

The event is now under investigation for possible breaches of Covid-19 regulations.

(BBC)