Young people’s tales of Garda harassment in new exhibition

THE stories of young people’s experiences of discrimination, harassment or suspicion of gardaí are at the heart of a groundbreaking new exhibition.

Gardaí hoping to improve relations with Dublin’s inner-city youths took part in the arts initiative, even reading out themselves complaints and stories of harassment against members of the force in a short film as part of the project.

Up to 60 stories from people from Rialto, aged 16 to 21, feature in the Policing Dialogues project. They recount their feelings of powerlessness during Garda raids on family homes, strip searches in cells as well as threats by gardaí.