Holocaust-denier Irving dodges Late Late protest
A group of about 20 protesters with placards and a loud-hailer gathered outside RTÉ headquarters in Montrose, Dublin, chanting: “Holocaust never again.”
Irving managed to slip into RTÉ via a side entrance for his appearance on the Late Late Show.
His appearance comes just days he was due to appear at a University College Cork debate on Monday night in favour of the motion “That this house believes free speech should be free from restraint”. Irving's participation in that debate has since been cancelled, due to security concerns.
Security at RTÉ was tight and gardaí were also on patrol to keep the peace ahead of Irving’s television appearance.
An onlooker said: “There was a bit of shouting but no trouble.”
In 2006 Irving, 69, was found guilty by an Austrian court of denying the Holocaust and sentenced to three years in prison.
He had pleaded guilty to the charge, based on a speech and interview he gave in Austria in 1989.
He served a prison sentence from February to December 2006.
Six million Jewish men, women and children died during the Nazi Holocaust.
Irving appeared alongside comic Des Bishop, RTÉ presenter Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh, veteran singer Sonny Knowles, and four times heavyweight boxing champ Evander Holyfield.
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