Garda operation aims to clean up O’Connell St ahead of 1916 centenary

One of the country’s leading gardaí has revealed he is determined to make O’Connell Street safe for the centenary of the 1916 Rising.

RTÉ star Ryan Tubridy recently branded O’Connell Street “probably the biggest kip of a street in the country” telling his listeners how Ireland’s main street appeared to be full of drug addicts.

The RTÉ documentary, The Street, highlights the harsh realities of drug-taking by filming private rubbish collectors cleaning syringes and other drug paraphernalia off the lanes around the historic street.