Lenihan rejects request to examine crowd control policy

A REQUEST by the Garda Ombudsman to examine the force’s crowd control procedures, following complaints by protesters at Shell’s controversial terminal in north Mayo, was rejected by Justice Minister Brian Lenihan.

The annual report of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) will reveal its request to look at crowd control procedures was refused by the minister.

Under its remit, the GSOC can ask the minister for permission to examine practices, policies and procedures in the force.