Leo Varadkar reiterates support for Cork library staff but says policing protests is a matter for An Garda Siochana
organised by trade union Forsa calling on Cork City Council management to provide proper protection for library staff from being harassed by far right activists, who claim that LGBTQ+ literature for young adults in the library is pornographic.
But Mr Varadkar said on Sunday in Cork that he would be slow to start telling An Garda Síiochana how to police the protests in libraries by agitators as gardaí had the expertise to judge each situation on its merits and decide on the best course of action to take in each individual case. “You know, these people know what they’re doing – we’ve seen it on a number of occasions with far right and far left protesters and I think the guards are best placed to judge an individual circumstance how best to police it,” he added.
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