Harris calls for cancellation of anti-direct provision protest on public health grounds

Simon Harris was speaking after a similar event protesting the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis saw hundreds of people take to the streets of Dublin.

Simon Harris told those planning to join the weekend protest that opposition to something doesn't give people a right to break public health guidelines.

Health Minister Simon Harris has called for the organisers of this weekend's anti-direct provision protest to cancel the event.

Minister Harris said that the event should not go ahead in light of public health guidelines. He was speaking after a similar event protesting the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis saw hundreds of people take to the streets of Dublin.