Devices on loan from PSNI not used, though requested again in advance of Europa League Final in Dublin next month
The Taoiseach has said he plans to speak to Garda Commissioner Drew Harris following protests outside the home of Minister for Integration Roderic O'Gorman. Photograph: The Irish Timeslast November have been returned without ever being used. The Irish Times has learned that, while the cannon were on standby for one far-right event in north Dublin earlier this year, they were not required.
Last Thursday, masked protesters gathered outside the home of Minister for Integration Roderic O’Gorman. They attached banners to a fence outside the west Dublin property calling on him to “close the borders”. While gardaí maintained a presence, the protest was not disbanded.St Vincent: ‘I recently did an ancestry.com thing, and it was all Irish Catholics.
There were concerns for the security profile of the event as British teams continued to progress in the competition. An all-British final was regarded by the Garda as the most likely fixture to result in violence. However, with Liverpool and West Ham having been knocked out of the competition last Thursday — by Atalanta and Bayer Leverkusen — those concerns have eased somewhat.
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