Gardaí ‘injured 25 protesters’

TWO people suffered serious head wounds and a total of 25 were injured during last week’s May Day disturbances, organisers of the protest march to Phoenix Park said yesterday.

The Dublin Grassroots Network, showing its own dossier on events last Saturday, claimed two people sustained severe skull injuries, two had minor head wounds, two suffered broken arms and one broke his wrist after being knocked over by water cannon.

Those who organised the protest argued that the “hype” leading up to the day and the response of the gardaí was designed to criminalise protest.