over two days in Clifden, County Galway, including a dinner on 19 August at the Station House Hotel. The event, organised by the society's captain, Independent TD Noel Grealish, and its president, former Fianna Fáil Senator Donie Cassidy, was organised as a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the society, as well as a commemoration of the death of former Fianna Fáil MEP, Mark Killilea Jnr, in 2018. It consisted of games of golf and a gala dinner. The golfing competitions, held over the two days at Connemara Golf Links in Ballyconneely, were won by Niall Blaney and Gerry Brady. The dinner was held in a single room with a removable dividing partition, splitting the 81 attendees into 45 and 36 people on either side in an effort to enforce social distancing. Subsequent newspaper reports stated that not only had social distancing not been properly observed at the dinner, but public health advice had generally not been observed. It was also reported that former independent TD and Monaghan County Council member, Paudge Connolly, had attended the dinner despite playing in another golf event in Spain just nine days previously. This meant that he could not have been compliant with the 14-day period of restricted movements that was mandatory for people entering Ireland from Spain, under the then-current travel restrictions enforced by the government. Notable attendees Dara Calleary, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, deputy leader of Fianna Fáil and TD for Mayo Donie Cassidy, former Fianna Fáil Senator, former Leader of the Seanad and outgoing president of the society Noel Grealish, Independent TD for Galway West and the captain of the society Phil Hogan, European Commissioner for Trade, and former cabinet minister and Fine Gael TD for Carlow-Kilkenny Séamus Woulfe, Supreme Court judge and former Attorney General Seán O'Rourke, former RTÉ broadcaster Jerry Buttimer, Leas-Chathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann and Fine Gael senator Niall Blaney, Paul Daly and Aidan Davitt, Fianna Fáil senators Paddy Burke and John Cummins, Fine Gael senators Paudge Connolly, sitting member of Monaghan County Council and former independent TD for Cavan-Monaghan Noel Dempsey and Frank Fahey, former Fianna Fáil TDs and cabinet ministers Áine Brady, former Fianna Fáil TD and minister of state Gerry Brady, former Fianna Fáil TD Gerry Reynolds, former Fine Gael senator and TD Brian Hayes, head of the Banking and Payments Federation of Ireland, and former Fine Gael minister of state and