Minister for Justice Simon Harris said it was “not for us to second-guess” the decisions made by frontline gardaí when they were on the ground dealing with complex forms of protest. However, he described as “abhorrent” the scenes witnessed at the Airways Industrial Estate, Santry, north Dublin, at the weekend. Anti-immigration protestors blocked the entrance to an industrial unit there, preventing international protection applicants being moved in, while waving the Tricolour.
The commissioner defended the decision by gardaí not to dismantle a roadblock erected by protesters in Inch, Co Clare, last week and the similar action in Santry, which was continuing last night. He said any direct and immediate policing action could create “a well of bad feeling” towards foreign nationals being moved into those areas. Instead, the Garda had to take a strategic and long-term approach, which kept the peace and fostered integration.
“Across Europe we have seen a growth in the far right that hasn’t actually been replicated in Ireland,” he said, adding numbers in the Republic remained “small” and were not growing. However, the Garda was still “very mindful” of the threat posed by far right and it was clear they had a two-part “playbook”. Firstly, they wanted to “act on local fears, local concerns” and “gather up a crowd”. Secondly, a “classic part of their playbook” was to seek “an over-response” from the Garda.
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