People are allowed to protest but not intimidate, the minister said
Commissioner Harris described as a “local protest” the events in Inch, Co Clare, last week when a road block was erected by a small number of people purporting to represent the local community’s concerns about international protection applicants being house in a hotel there.
Some of those involved had a “malign purpose” and the Garda was seeking to dispel “the fears and myths that are being propagated” and were liaising with the local community. The Garda would ensure the law was upheld and no breach of the peace was committed. Separately, Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien has said that while people were allowed to protest, blockades of refugee centres are “not appropriate”.
Asked what he would say to people protesting about a new refugee centre in Santry Mr O’Brien replied: “Thankfully we’re in a position as a country to provide that safety and as I said the vast majority of people in this country support what has been done in that space”. He was said by sources to have “pushed back” against Mr O’Gorman when the Green Party TD repeated a request for assistance from other departments in accommodating refugees.
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