Anti-terror laws lead to 226 arrests in last year

Some 226 people were arrested under emergency anti-terror legislation and 17 under special gang laws within the last year.

The figures, covering the period June 2015 to May 2016, were provided by Tánaiste and Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald as she sought Oireachtas approval to renew the emergency powers, which must be done annually.

Amendments to the Offences Against the State Act 1939 were introduced in the wake of the Omagh bombing in August 1998.