Additional garda presence to be in place after calls to attend demonstration shared on social media by accounts linked to anti-immigration activists
TDs and Senators, along with others who work in the Leinster House complex, were told that there will be a 'barrier plan' in place for Thursday, with road closures in place from 6am. Photograph: Bryan O Brien/The Irish Times
Security sources said the force’s assessment was that some of the individuals involved in organising or participating in a controversial protest at Leinster House in September would attend on Thursday. While access to the Kildare Street car park in Leinster House will be facilitated from Stephens’ Green, the approaches to Leinster House and Molesworth Street will be closed to traffic, and pedestrian access will be limited to those with IDs or visitors.
Protests did not materialise at scale then, but in September, there was widespread condemnation of protests which saw a mock gallows erected, TDs harassed on their way into Leinster House, and 13 arrests made. Some TDs and Senators were prevented from leaving the campus in their cars during the protest.
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