Management of Dublin’s Berlin D2 bar have apologised in court for breaking Covid-19 social distancing guidelines during a “boozy brunch” event last year.
The hearing resumed on Wednesday with barrister Dorothy Collins, for the venue, telling the court that businessman Jay Bourke was no longer involved in running the bar. Berlin D2 manager Stephen McCusker said two staff were suspended for a week after the event. He said 46 people attended over two sittings on the day, arriving intermittently. He said he was helping in the kitchen, was out of public view and left at 3pm. He accepted there were breaches of social distancing guidelines “absolutely, and I apologise for that.