Garda Commissioner is reported to have advised the Justice Minister to raise the terrorism threat level from 'moderate' to 'substantial'
Security for politicians is likely to increase in line with Ireland 's terrorism threat level , a security analyst has said.
"I don't want people to feel that they're going to be feel direct attack... it's not that kind of level of threat. "One of the key things will be a focus on public representatives to be become more situationally aware how they go about their business.'Greater level of organisation'"The Guards have discerned that there is a greater level of organisation and cohesion to those that are making threats within the far-right," he said.
"What the Gardaí have noticed is that sea, with regards to far-right extremism, has increased a bit more in Ireland.
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