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Is it a public order offense for a large group of over 40 people to congregate?

  • 27-04-2019 8:26am
    #1
    sexmag
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    Just like the title asks.

    Is it an offense for a large group to get together in public,is there a license required for over a number of people to get together?

    I know if they fail to comply with garda orders it is but I thought I remember seeing something about once its over 5 people it falls into a new category but cant remember fully


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  • #2
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,647 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/cons/en/html
    ARTICLE 40

    ..

    6 1° The State guarantees liberty for the exercise of the following rights, subject to public order and morality: –

    ..

    ii The right of the citizens to assemble peaceably and without arms.

    If I'm correct, a garda can ask a group of people to move along under the Public Order Act, not moving becomes an offence. If there is violence, the offence varies based on the number of people involved, e.g. I think riot needs 8 people.

    Causing an obstruction on a public road is also an issue.


  • #3
    MrFresh
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    It can be an offence depending on their behaviour. If they are meeting up for a fight then it might come under Section 14 of the Public Order Act
    (1) Where—


    (a) 12 or more persons who are present together at any place (whether that place is a public place or a private place or both) use or threaten to use unlawful violence for a common purpose, and


    (b) the conduct of those persons, taken together, is such as would cause a person of reasonable firmness present at that place to fear for his or another person's safety,


    then, each of the persons using unlawful violence for the common purpose shall be guilty of the offence of riot.


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