Gardaí have discovered a business claiming to be a restaurant and where alcohol was being sold to customers without a required liquor licence. The discovery was made in Dublin on Saturday under Operation Navigation, which involves gardaí inspecting pubs and other licensed premises nationwide to ensure compliance with Covid-19 public-health measures. Gardaí said the business in Dublin was “allegedly operating as a restaurant”. But when it was observed by officers working under Operation Navigation breaches of Covid-19 measures were witnessed. In the case of publicans not adhering to the public-health measures, gardaí can also record the breaches and when the publican’s licence comes up for renewal in the courts, gardaí can object to its renewal.

Source: The Irish Times July 05, 2020 12:01 UTC