Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis: Call to bring back garda drivers for ministers

Fianna Fáil’s justice spokesman has said garda drivers may need to be returned to ministers and former taoisigh in a bid to stamp out recent abuse of senior political figures.

Limerick TD Niall Collins issued the call to row back on the “populist” 2011 decision by the Coalition to dispense with the security.

He urged a change after a video was posted online over the weekend that showed Brian Cowen, the former taoiseach, being surrounded by protesters in Dublin and called a “scumbag” and “traitor”.