With elections local, European, national and presidential fast coming up in the next 18 months, a relatively small, but more emboldened far-right has made immigration and asylum a dominant issue in Ireland, writes Security Correspondent Cormac O’Keeffe
Some independent TDs gave the rioters the chaos they want by supporting Sinn Féin in a desperate attempt to scupper the work of Government, a Fine Gael Senator said.
Proposal for a ‘safe zone’ raised after some TDs required a Garda escort amid protests over issues including immigration, Covid-19 vaccines and transgender rights