A marquee that was erected for a wedding reception this evening has been dismantled by contractors after Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council was granted a court order for its removal.
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The parents of a couple married today in Co Armagh have been told by a judge to take down a marquee they erected at a halting site at Burton Park on the Leopardstown Road in Dublin ahead of a reception this evening.
The parents of a couple married today in Co Armagh have been told by a judge to take down a marquee they erected at a halting site at Burton Park on the Leopardstown Road in Dublin ahead of a reception this evening.
Marquee at Irish halting site for large wedding party dismantled by court order
Updated: 12 May 2021, 22:19
A MARQUEE erected on an Irish halting site for a large wedding party in breach of Covid-19 regulations was dismantled today.
And public representatives tonight backed the clampdown on the Traveller knees-up, declaring: “The law had to be upheld.”
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Garda cars lined the streetCredit: Collins
Council chiefs were granted leave by a court to hire an independent contractor to remove the sprawling tent if Michael and Johanna Connors refused to do it themselves.
Judge Sinéad Ní Chulacháin also made an order restraining the Connors, and anyone else knowing about the court injunction, from interfering with contractor employees while demolishing the wedding marquee.