Gardaí confirmed that 13 people were arrested following a fraught protest at Leinster House on Wednesday
There was calm on Kildare Street on Thursday morning following fraught protests outside Leinster House just 24 hours beforehand.
READ MORE: Leinster House protest sees 13 arrests as Fine Gael Senator makes plea to Garda Commissioner Protestors left the area on Wednesday evening and barriers on Kildare Street had been taken down by 7:30pm. "What I will say to the review, is that the area around Merrion Square, Mount Street, Kildare Street, Molesworth Street, they should be a sterile area where members of the Oireachtas and staff can move freely in and out, but also that the person and persons who wish to make a protest and voice or articulate a concern about an issue can do so as a legitimate way to do so.
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