Gardai have issued a warning that Covid-19 doesn’t take the weekend off for house parties or social gatherings.

It comes as over 2,300 fines have been issued for organising or attending a party.

In total, 15,358 fines have been issued across the range of all COVID-19 breaches.

In Mayo 247 fines have been handed out compared with 778 in Galway, 369 in Sligo/Leitrim and 355 in the Roscommon/Longford Division.

466 people have received fines of 500-euro for organising a house party and while 1,842 have received 150-euro fines for attending.

11,072 fines of 100 euro have been handed out for non-essential travel

1,011 penalties have been issued for non essential journeys to airports or ports.

The southern region which covers Cork, Clare, Kerry Limerick and Tipperary has seen the highest number of fines at 4,565.

52 per cent of fines issued have been among the 18 to 25 year old age group.