Gardaí found 26 potential breaches of COVID-19 restrictions in pubs last weekend.
They carried out almost 7 thousand checks in licensed premises and of those around 2,700 were open.
In some cases, gardai found customers drinking alcohol but no evidence of food being consumed.
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While in other cases, there were large groups at a table with little to no social distancing.
Patricia Callan from Drinks Ireland says only a small number of pubs are breaching the rules.
