Drew Harris says gardaí ‘showed restraint’ and rejects claims of 'heavy-handed tactics'

By Cormac O’Keeffe and Juno McEnroe

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has said gardaí policing a property repossession on Tuesday “showed restraint” in the face of physical and verbal abuse, but said the way in which face-covering hoods were used by the Public Order Unit was “not correct”.