Tear gas and pepper spray for Gardaí

GARDAÍ will be issued with CS or tear gas canisters and pepper spray, Justice Minister Michael McDowell indicated yesterday.

Minister McDowell said he felt the devices, currently in use in a number of EU countries, should also be available to gardaí.

"Any resources that are necessary for their purchase will be made available," he said, adding that gardaí have already concluded a "process of evaluating the use of CS gas-type canisters and pepper spray aerosol devices".