'Shame on you!' Taoiseach condemns Mattie McGrath's Gardaí comments

The comments came after Gardaí and protestors in Newtownmountkennedy clashed last week as protests outside Trudder House escalated.

Six people were arrested, and four later charged, in connection with public order incidents at the property.

They were also alleged to have failed to comply with the direction of An Garda Síochána when told to leave the area immediately.

All four were granted bail today with no objections, subject to certain conditions, and they are due back in court on May 9th.

Local independent election candidate John Larkin said there was a “total overreaction” by Gardaí to protests and that they “absolutely” should have taken a ‘step-back’ approach.

“The word in Newtown is concern more than anything, what are [the asylum seekers] going to do all day up here?” he said.

He also claimed a large fire at the protest happened accidentally.

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