Gardaí ‘may have broken law on May Day’

GARDAÍ may have breached human rights law in their handling of the May Day protests at the Phoenix Park in Dublin, a rights group said yesterday.

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) cited possible contraventions of eight articles of the European Convention of Human Rights - which was incorporated into Irish law this year.

They have written to Garda Commissioner Noel Conroy seeking a response to their concerns after which they will send a file to the Human Rights Commission.