Coronavirus: Civil Liberties group urge Govt to reconsider protest ban

A protest outside Debenhams in Cork was broken up on the same day that a number of people gathered to support journalists Gemma O'Doherty and John Waters at a High Court hearing.

People made redundant from Debenhams in Cork protesting on Monday. A similar protest in Dublin was dispersed by gardaí. Picture: Dan Linehan

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties has asked the government to review the decision to exclude protest from the list of reasonable excuses to leave your house during the Covid-19 pandemic

The call comes after protests in Cork and Dingle were broken up in recent days by gardaí, according to the ICCL, as well as one outside Debenhams in Dublin's Henry St.