Commissioner examining allegations of 'racial profiling' by gardaí conducting border passport checks

The civil rights bodies claim that there has been an increase in passport checks, which they said follows assurances from both governments that there would be no return to a hard border.

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris is examining allegations from civil rights bodies, north and south, of “racial profiling” by gardaí conducting passport checks on people travelling by bus across the border.

The claims have been made by the Belfast-based Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ) and the Dublin-based Irish Council for Civil Liberties.