Agriculture Minister Dara Calleary, a Minister in the Dublin government, has resigned this morning for attending a parliamentary jolly with more than 80 people, including several other politicians and ‘elite’ figures, which breached Covid-19 regulations.

The government on Tuesday tightened nationwide coronavirus restrictions to try to suppress in a surge of virus infections, including limiting indoor gatherings to just six people.

But the following night, he was one of 81 people, including European Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan, who attended a dinner hosted by the Dublin parliament’s golf society in a hotel in County Galway, according to the Irish Examiner.

Calleary’s admission he should not have attended the event, and an apology, were insufficient to quell a wave of anger overnight from those who have been unable to attend funerals or had to cancel holidays or weddings, or those who remain in tight lockdown in three counties.