Gardaí need ‘clear direction’ from Drew Harris over how to handle far-right protesters, says incoming GRA president

Mark O’Meara, incoming president of the Garda Representative Association, at the group's conference in Westport, Co Mayo. Photo: Conor Ó Mearáin

Ali Bracken

Gardaí need “clear direction” from Commissioner Drew Harris on how to handle far-right protesters outside asylum-seekers’ accommodation as well as politicians’ homes, according to the incoming president of the Garda Representative Association (GRA).

“We need a clear, unequivocal direction from Drew Harris, as well as training, on how to handle a situation like what arose recently outside Minister Roderic O’Gorman’s home,” Mark O’Meara told the Sunday Independent.