Tanáiste was responding to new footage of protests broadcast by RTÉ on Thursday night
Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said he was “uncomfortable” with what he saw on RTÉ Investigates last night with the State needing to “learn lessons” in relation to how anti-migrant protests in Coolock in Dublin last July escalated into rioting.
Speaking in Cork, Micheál Martin paid tribute to the team at RTÉ Investigates, and in particular Barry O’Kelly, who he said put himself in “harm’s way” to shed a light on a ‘very dangerous trend” developing in Ireland.The move to five days a week in the office: ‘I don’t want to contemplate it’South Dublin creche worker accused of hitting toddler as colleague ‘laughed and joked’
“I think the State does need to learn lessons from what happened in Coolock. I watched it consistently. It looked very ominous. It looked very dangerous and threatening. The gardaí did get there. And I think we need to learn lessons from it.
Micheal-Martin Rte An-Garda-Siochana
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