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Calls for dole given to anyone found guilty of involvement in mass gatherings to be cut
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There are mounting calls for social welfare payments given to anyone found guilty of being involved in mass gatherings like those witnessed in Longford last week to be curtailed or even stopped.
The pleas are one of several measures government leaders are being lobbied on to prevent any repeat of last week which saw close to 120 people attend a post wedding party on the outskirts of Longford town.
Anger after over 100 attend wedding party in Longford
10:40 Thursday, 06 May 2021
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Over 100 people attended celebrations in a marquee in the town yesterday.
It’s reported Longford County Council sought and received court order yesterday morning to prevent the event from going ahead however that didn’t deter guests from arriving at the marquee.
After unsuccessfully serving the court order to those there, County Council agents and Gardaí withdrew.
Gardaí say they are investigating and will enforce any Covid 19 breaches, particularly current travel restrictions.
Martin Collins from the Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre says what happened is disappointing.
Chairman of Longford County Council Cllr Paul Ross described it as a “kick in the teeth to all of the ordinary, law abiding citizens of this county”.
Takeaway bill of â¬3,000 tabled for Longford Traveller wedding after-party
More than 120 party goers filed through the doors of a 2,000 sq ft marquee on the outskirts of the town
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A â¬3,000 takeaway bill was tabled to cater for up to 200 guests at a Traveller wedding after party in Co Longford last night.
Update | Controversial Longford wedding party has caused immeasurable reputational damage
Revenue called on to investigate event organisers
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Calls have been made for Revenue officials to carry out a root and branch investigation in a bid to determine how yesterday s controversial Longford wedding party was organised and paid for. The full rigours of the law should be meted out on these people and anybody who supported it, said Chairperson of Longford Joint Policing Committee Cllr Seamus Butler. They need to be pursued because the reputational damage this has caused to Longford is immeasurable.
It is understood that 120 party goers filed through the doors of the marquee yesterday evening on the outskirts of the town, only hours after local authority chiefs obtained a circuit court order for its removal.